Pickup Man
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| Single by Joe Diffie from the album Third Rock from the Sun |
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| Released | 1994 | ||||
| Format | CD single | ||||
| Genre | Country | ||||
| Length | 3:38 | ||||
| Label | Epic | ||||
| Writer(s) | Howard Perdew Kerry Kurt Phillips |
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"Pickup Man" is a song by American country music artist Joe Diffie. It is Diffie's biggest hit, having spent a month at Number One on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts in late 1994-early 1995.
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The song, a moderate up-tempo, is about a man who reasons he can meet the woman of his dreams by driving a pickup truck. At one point, he is able to secure a ride for a high school homecoming queen. "Pickup man", in this sense, has a double meaning — i.e., he is not only driving a pickup truck, but he is also "picking up" women in it.
The majority of the music video for this song was filmed on location at a drive-in theater in Lewisburg, Tennessee.
In 2005, a rewritten version of "Pickup Man" was used in television commercials for the resturant chain Applebee's, to promote their "Carside To Go" service.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ Diffie's "Pickup Man" Remade for Applebee's Ad (html). CMT.com. Retrieved on 2007-07-24.
| Preceded by "If You've Got Love" by John Michael Montgomery |
Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks number one single by Joe Diffie December 17, 1994-January 7, 1995 |
Succeeded by "Not a Moment Too Soon" by Tim McGraw |
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