5-1-5-0
Co-writer Jim Beavers told "Taste of Country" that the idea for "5-1-5-0" came about when he and Bentley were discussing Van Halen's album "5150". Beavers said that he changed the pronunciation from "fifty-one-fifty" to "five-one-five-oh", and rhymed it with "somebody call the po-po" after seeing a police car. The title is a reference to the 5150 "involuntary psychiatric hold" in the "California Welfare and Institutions Code". In it, the narrator sings that his lover is making him "crazy". Bobby Peacock of "Roughstock" gave the song four stars out of five, saying that it was "fun to listen to" and "sticks in the head after only one listen." Billy Dukes of "Taste of Country" rated it four-and-a-half stars out of five, calling it "three minutes of reckless energy". The music video was directed by Wes Edwards and premiered in June 2012. There are no EVH 5150 amplifiers in the video.
Background and writing
"5-1-5-0" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Dierks Bentley.