"Take It Off" is a song recorded by American

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artist

Joe Nichols Joseph Edward Nichols (born November 26, 1976) is an American country music artist. Between 1996 and 2001, he held recording contracts with the Intersound and Giant Records (Warner), Giant labels. In 2002, he signed with Universal South Records, ...

. It was released in May 2011 as the only single from his seventh studio album, '' It's All Good''. The song was written by

Dallas Davidson Dallas Davidson is an American country music singer and songwriter from Albany, Georgia, who has written for artists such as Blake Shelton, Jason Aldean, Cole Swindell, Jake Owen, Luke Bryan, Randy Houser, Lady Antebellum, and Billy Currin ...

Ashley Gorley Ashley Gorley (born April 29, 1977) is an American songwriter, publisher, and producer from Danville, Kentucky, who is based in Nashville, Tennessee. Gorley has written 81 number 1 songs and has over 400 songs recorded by artists including Luke ...

and

Kelley Lovelace John Kelley Lovelace is an American songwriter known mainly for his work with country artist Brad Paisley. He has written several of Paisley's singles, including the number 1 hits " He Didn't Have to Be" (Paisley's first number 1), " The World" ...

. "Take It Off" debuted at number 60 on the U.S. ''

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chart for the week of June 4, 2011.

Background

Of the song, Nichols says, "It takes me back to when I was a kid, and we would go out to the lake or the river and chill out all day. We'd do some stuff that we weren't supposed to be doing."

Critical reception

Kyle Ward of ''Roughstock'' gave the song three and a half stars out of five, calling it "a pleasant up-tempo piece of summertime ear candy." In his review of the album, Ben Foster of ''Country Universe'' wrote that the song is "a fun enough tune, but it's too forgettable, not to mention interchangeable with any other summer song."

Music video

The music video, which premiered in August 2011, was directed by Potsy Ponciroli and filmed in downtown

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Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

{{Joe Nichols 2011 singles 2011 songs Joe Nichols songs Show Dog-Universal Music singles Songs written by Ashley Gorley Songs written by Dallas Davidson Songs written by Kelley Lovelace Song recordings produced by Buddy Cannon Song recordings produced by Mark Wright (record producer)