Ten Rounds with Jose Cuervo

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"Ten Rounds with José Cuervo"

Single by Tracy Byrd

from the album Ten Rounds

B-side

"Somebody's Dream"^[1]

Released

April 1, 2002

Genre

Country

Length

3:02

Label

RCA Nashville

Songwriter(s)

Casey Beathard
Michael P. Heeney
Marla Cannon-Goodman

Producer(s)

Tracy Byrd
Billy Joe Walker Jr.

Tracy Byrd singles chronology

"Just Let Me Be in Love"
(2001)

"Ten Rounds with José Cuervo"
(2002)

"Lately (Been Dreamin' 'Bout Babies)"
(2002)

"Ten Rounds with José Cuervo" is a song recorded by American country music artist Tracy Byrd. Released in April 2002, it was the third single from Byrd's Ten Rounds album. The song reached number one on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts. It also peaked at number 26 on the Billboard Hot 100 making it a minor crossover hit and Byrd's highest peaking song on that chart. It was written by Casey Beathard, Michael P. Heeney and Marla Cannon-Goodman.

Content

The song is upbeat, with the narrator discussing going to a bar to forget his ex who broke up with him. He then starts drinking many rounds of the Mexican tequila, José Cuervo. After the narrator counts off each round he states something crazy he does and eventually the narrator forgets what round he is drinking and begins counting again.

The song had also been cut by Garth Brooks, who planned to include it on his 2001 album Scarecrow. According to Byrd, he called Brooks after learning that Brooks had also recorded the song. "I called Garth and he said that he had been told if it wasn't my first single, it was not gonna be a single and I said, 'Well, it's gonna be a single and I really, really am counting on this thing as a hit.' I said, 'I named the album after it.' And he was cool he said, 'Man, I wish you luck with it,' he said, 'Do well, you had it first and I love the song, I think it's a smash and good luck with it.'"^[2]

Critical reception

Deborah Evans Price, of Billboard magazine reviewed the song favorably saying that Byrd "offers the kind of vocal authority that makes the whole package ring." She also describes the song as "a heck of a lot of fun."^[3]

Chart performance

"Ten Rounds with José Cuervo" debuted at number 59 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of April 6, 2002. The song is Byrd's second and last number-one on the U.S. country charts, and his first since "Holdin' Heaven" in September 1993.

Chart (2002)	Peak Position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)^[4]	1
US Billboard Hot 100^[5]	26

Year-end charts

Chart (2002)	Position
US Country Songs (Billboard)^[6]	11

References

^ Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 73. ISBN 978-0-89820-177-2.
^ Armstrong, Mark (17 October 2002). "Tracy Byrd Asks Garth Brooks Not To Take 'Ten Rounds'". Yahoo! Launch. Archived from the original on 9 May 2003. Retrieved 1 December 2013.
^ Billboard, April 6, 2002
^ "Tracy Byrd Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
^ "Tracy Byrd Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
^ "Best of 2002: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 2002. Retrieved July 24, 2012.

v t e Tracy Byrd
Studio albums	Tracy Byrd No Ordinary Man Love Lessons Big Love I'm from the Country It's About Time Ten Rounds The Truth About Men Different Things
Compilation albums	Keepers: Greatest Hits Greatest Hits
Notable singles	"Holdin' Heaven" "Why Don't That Telephone Ring" "Lifestyles of the Not So Rich and Famous" "Watermelon Crawl" "The First Step" "The Keeper of the Stars" "Walking to Jerusalem" "Love Lessons" "Heaven in My Woman's Eyes" "4 to 1 in Atlanta" "Big Love" "Don't Take Her She's All I Got" "Don't Love Make a Diamond Shine" "I'm from the Country" "I Wanna Feel That Way Again" "When Mama Ain't Happy" "Put Your Hand in Mine" "Love, You Ain't Seen the Last of Me" "A Good Way to Get on My Bad Side" (with Mark Chesnutt) "Just Let Me Be in Love" "Ten Rounds with Jose Cuervo" "The Truth About Men" "Drinkin' Bone"
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