<Ul> <Li> file </Li> <Li> help </Li> </Ul> <P> "Friends in Low Places" is a song performed by American country pop artist Garth Brooks . It was released on August 6, 1990 as the lead single from his album No Fences . The song spent four weeks at number one on the Hot Country Songs, and won both the Academy of Country Music and Country Music Association awards for 1990 Single of the Year . </P> <P> "Friends in Low Places" was written in 1989 by songwriters Dewayne Blackwell and Earl Bud Lee . The two songwriters had given the song to Brooks to record as a demo soon before the release of his self - titled first album, when he was a relatively unknown singer . Enamored with the song, Brooks recorded the official version the next year . </P> <P> According to Earl Bud Lee, one of the song's co-writers, the idea of the song was born when he and some songwriting friends gathered for lunch one day at Tavern on the Row, a popular Nashville eatery . When the check came, Lee realized he had forgotten his money . He was asked how he was going to pay for the meal, and he replied, "Don't worry . I have friends in low places . I know the cook ." Lee and his songwriting partner, Dewayne Blackwell, immediately recognized that the line "friends in low places" had potential, but they didn't act upon it immediately . </P>

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