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I haven't said much about the singles that have been popping up in the lower reaches of the Hot 100 lately, mostly because there's been little that's either exceptional or odd enough to be worth mention. This week, however, there's a record that's both. Debuting at number 94 (for reasons that will soon be apparent don't count on it getting much higher than that), Rehab's "Bartender (aka Sittin' At a Bar)", is as fine a piece of twisted redneck songwriting as I've heard in a long time. Imagine, if you will, a mixed-race, redneck hard rock band (with a DJ) from Atlanta, trying to write like Todd Snider. They don't come close to Snider's delicacy and grace, but they sure have that "I could give a shit" feel down.

She broke my heart in the trailer park
So I jacked the keys to her fucking car
And crashed that piece of shit
Then walked away

That's the chorus.

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