"My List" is the title of a song written by Tim James and Rand Bishop, and recorded by American

United States

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 country music

Country music

Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...

 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 released in January 2002 as the third and final single from his 2001 album, Pull My Chain. It became a number one hit on the Billboard U.S. Hot Country Songs

Hot Country Songs

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 chart, keeping the top spot for 5 weeks. It also peaked at #26 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100.

Content

"My List" is a song about a man who has a list of things to do each day. He does what needs to be done each day, putting off what he really would like to do — spend time with his family. Eventually, he changes his mind and decides to put his family first, stating "Start livin', that's the next thing on my list".

Music video

The music video was filmed shortly after the September 11 attacks. Footage of the attack is shown at the beginning of the video as a husband and his wife watch the news. The video ends by revealing that the husband in the video is a fireman as he suits up to go fight a fire.Keith makes an appearance as a fellow fireman riding to the fire. It was released in early January 2002.

Appearances in media

Toby guest starred in a season eight episode of Touched by an Angel

Touched by an Angel

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"Most Likely to Succeed", singing this song which originally aired on November 10, 2001.

Chart positions

"My List" debuted at #59 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs for the week of December 22, 2001.

Chart (2002)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs	1
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	26
Canadian Country Singles	1