Jake Owen photo courtesy of Sony Music Nashville.
By triggering his early career with “Somethin’ About A Woman” and “Don’t Think I Can’t Love You,” Jake Owen made a strong connection with female fans. And he seemed to be courting them again with the sexual references in his current hit, “Eight Second Ride.”
But women didn’t have as strong an influence on the song as Jake’s brother.
“He and all his buddies,” Jake says, “they’re like, ‘Man, all you do is write songs for girls, man. Your girlfriend — you’re always writin’ her tunes. Why don’t you write us a song that we can play in our trucks and have a good time with and crank it up loud?’ So it was like, ‘All right.’ So I did.”
In addition to its signature, Southern rock-style guitar lick, “Eight Second Ride” is full of lyrical swagger. And the real “guy” lyric comes in the chorus, with its references to over-sized truck tires and a cup for tobacco juice.
“My brother — back in the day and still does — has always spit tobacco,” Jake notes. “Every time I’d get in his truck, he’d always have a spit cup sittin’ there on his little console. And he’d always say, ‘Hey, man, watch out, man. I been spittin’ in that cup,’ and I’d always have to look out for it. So I put that line in the song about ‘climb on up, but honey, watch the cup where I’m spittin’ my dip inside.’”
Kissing a man who’s been chewing tobacco is probably a turn off to a big percentage of women, though some likely figure it’s just boys being boys and put up with it. As a result, the song hasn’t hurt his female fan base at all.
“Every girl relates to that,” Jake insists. “If, you know, they’re a good ol’ country girl, they’ve dated a guy that’s done that before. And then every guy comes up to me at shows now makin’ me sign their spit can, you know, or dip can, and it’s pretty funny.”
“Eight Second Ride” juiced the No. 12 slot on the first USA Today Mediabase country singles chart of 2010.
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Lol Well, I do have to agree putting dip in is nasty but so is smoking! I love his song “Eight Second Ride.”Plus, what girl wouldn’t want to be sitting beside jake and in that amazing truck! Obviously, its a great song or it wouldn’t be heard on the radio all the time!
Dude. I am man. I chew Copenhagen Snuff. Just because you are a pussy liberal with uncooth, swamp-donkey, tree hugging, unrealistic political ideals doesn't mean you have to diss on chewers. I would like to see you take a dip and not throw up. Sorry…But Jake Owen is great!!!
It's a catchy song, but I have to admit, if it were somebody less cute and less talented a singer, the dip cup would turn me off to it. I'll listen to his other songs though and I wish he would come back to bigger venues in Fort Wayne so we ALL can get tickets.
I hated that lousy song the first time I heard it, and still hate it. Although I turn the station the instant it comes on.
Personally, I think country radio has given this song a 'free pass' by giving it undeserved airplay. It should have died before it made the top 20. Several much better recent singles from other, and better artists, haven't managed to chart nearly as high as this crummy thing.
The song sounds good on the rado but the lyrics are really cheesy…she's gonna go home with him because he has big tires on his truck….really?
pretty retarded reason huh! it may b cheesy, but aparently it works!! i wouldn't do it! at's a retarded reason 2 go out with a boy! why not just go get a truck just like his?jake's awesome, and the song's good, just a little crazy! probabally not 4 some boys though! lol ! some'll take what they'n git!!! lol !!!
I nice truck is definitely a huge turn on.
guys dippin skoal really sounds nasty, but after a while you kinda get used 2 it! all my guy friends at school dip, so it really don’t bother me anymore!
The song is good but a spit cup just like chewing,dipping and smoking is gross !! Jake is cool but he can surely do better. than this !
its country music if a dip cup offends you listen to something else thats the problem with country music its not country anymore its so corporate and mainstream that its basically pop at this point thanks to people like rascal flats,keith urban,taylor swift;etc country is fading fast.There are a few glimmers of hope being jamey johnson, chris young,eric church and miranda lambert but other than that country radio is terrible
I love this song…but yes that lyric does gross me out and seriously with all the dip cups I've seen in my lifetime….I could do without it!
Jake Owen is a super nice guy. I have met him in person and he talked with each and every person that was at the show. It has held in Chattanooga, TN. I like this song and I am a country girl. My brothers and dad chewed and dipped so I have seen many a spit cups. Keep up the good work Jake.
I love eight second ride from the beginning to the end.i think it is neat how Jake took something from real life like his brother chewing dip and it to his song.just watching Jake on stage now that is sexy right there
I don't think there's a single line in that song that isn't sexy! I absolutely love it. And if anyone can make dip look sexy its jake's brother =)
I agree. Spit cups do not belong in songs! Many find it gross!!!!
Ok, I'm a girl and I can deal with the fact that the dip cup exists. Things I don't want to hear about in a song: underwear, passing gas and dip cups. Sorry Jake. I love your music, but I hate this song (except the guitar part at the beginning. that part is good.)