Toby Keith’s ‘Courtesy of the Red, White & Blue’ Is Now His Highest-Peaking Hot 100 Hit Thanks to 4th of July Return

The controversial patriotic anthem reenters the chart at No. 11 this week, beating his previous career best of No. 15.

Toby Keith performs at "The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson" at CBS Television City on April 12, 2006, in Los Angeles.

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On this week’s Billboard Hot 100 (dated July 18), Toby Keith not only scores a reentry for his 2002 hit “Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue (The Angry American),” he achieves a best-ever chart rank for the song — or for any of his songs.

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