"High Maintenance Woman" is a single by American

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 country music

Country music

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 artist Toby Keith

Toby Keith

Toby Keith Covel , best known as Toby Keith, is an American country music singer-songwriter, record producer and actor. Keith released his first four studio albums — 1993's Toby Keith, 1994's Boomtown, 1996's Blue Moon and 1997's Dream Walkin, plus a Greatest Hits package for various divisions of...

. It was the lead-off single from Toby's 2007

2007 in music

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 album, Big Dog Daddy

Big Dog Daddy

Big Dog Daddy is the twelfth studio album released by country singer Toby Keith. It was released June 12, 2007. Its first single, High Maintenance Woman, which was released before the album came out, peaked at number three on the country charts. The album debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200 and the...

. The song reached a peak of #3 on the country charts in mid-2007.

Content

The song tells of an apartment-building maintenance

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 man who is attempting, and failing, to attract the attention of an attractive woman who lives in an apartment in the complex, and lamenting that "a high-maintenance woman don't want no maintenance man".

Music video

The music video was directed by Michael Salomon

Michael Salomon

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 and was released in early 2007.
The guitar used in the video was a custom made Rockit Guitar built by Rod "Hot Rod" MacKenzie.

Reception

Kevin John Coyne, reviewing the song for Country Universe, gave it a A- rating. He said that even though "the plotline is ripped off" and it contains a "jaw-droppingly tacky double entendre about having all the right tools, it is a fantastic single." He then goes on to say that "the song is well-written and his performance is top-notch."

Songwriters

Although Keith actually wrote "High Maintenance Woman" entirely on his own, he gave co-writers' credit to comedian and singer Tim Wilson and Danny Simpson (Wilson's frequent co-writing partner), because Wilson had previously cut an unrelated song that also contained a similar premise. On his official website, Keith states:

Chart performance

Chart (2007)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs	3
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	67
Canadian Billboard Hot 100	50