According To Toby Keith’s “Red Solo Cup,” The Cups Used In His Legendary Music Video Should Decompose This Year… But That’s Not Entirely True

“In 14 years they are decomposable…”

Ah, Toby Keith’s “Red Solo Cup.” Is there a better song out there about drinking in a plastic cup that does a mediocre job at keeping your beverage cold? Nope.

The tune released on this 2011 record, Clancy’s Tavern, is one of the cheeky and lighthearted tunes from Toby Keith’s catalog. When “Red Solo Cup” was released, some fans flocked to the catchy song, while others thought it was dumb. However, they were not the only ones to have that initial thought. When Keith first heard the tune, he also felt the lyrics were “stupid.”

“It is the stupidest song I ever heard in my life, but it’s so stupid, it’s good. It’s like nursery rhyme stupid.”

I remember my father having the same reaction when I became hyper-fixated on this tune, and he would beg me to turn it off after I played it for the 10th consecutive time. Can you blame a girl?

However, despite feeling like the song was stupid, Toby Keith also had a feeling it would be a hit and recorded it before any other artists could. The “stupidest song” he’d ever heard was in fact a hit, with the single going triple platinum. I bet Business Insider is kicking itself now for including “Red Solo Cup” on its list of worst songs of the decade.

Fourteen years since the song’s release, it’s still a lake day and party classic with red Solo cup holders raising their drinks up high during the chorus.

“Red Solo cup (uh-huh)
I fill you up
Let’s have a party
Let’s have a party
I love you, red Solo cup
I lift you up
Proceed to party
Proceed to party…”

However, there is one line in “Red Solo Cup” that makes a significant milestone in the song’s history. According to Toby Keith’s lyrics, red Solo cups are decomposable in 14 years. Thanks to a TikTok user, tristanflores73, he reminded country music fans that his year is the 14th anniversary of the song.

Even more specifically, the music video for Toby Keith’s “Red Solo Cup” was released on October 10, 2011, which means that all of the cups in the video should be decomposed this October, per the lyrics.

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