No need for a long introduction.
Great songs about alcohol.
I’ll write a little about the top songs at the bottom of this post.
You understand the assignment.
Hope you like the list.
Kinks - Alcohol - Catchy as fuck.
And covers more lyrical ground than these other songs: tells a story, name checks drinks and the chorus is a cautionary tale.
Randy Newman - Guilty - A little too close to home.
Haunting,
"It takes a whole lot of medicine for me to pretend that I’m somebody else."
Willie Nelson - Whiskey River - I’ve never played or heard this song and not see it bring joy to people while drinking.
Adele - I Drink Wine - Leave it to Adele to turn what may be an alcohol problem into a triumphant moment.
Bran Van 3000 Drinking In L.A. - Been an underrated favorite of mine for 2 decades now.
Tom Waits - Putnam County - From the booziest album by the booziest singer.
I defy you to listen to this and not think of a particular dive bar.
Mary Gautier - I Drink - If nothing else is accomplished on this list, I want you to hear this song.
Neil Diamond - Red, Red Wine - The UB40 version is pretty damn iconic.
But there’s more emotion in Neil’s original slow version of this.
Hank Williams, Jr - Family Tradition - Cracker did a hell of a cover of this.
I’ve been playing this live and another automatic crowd favorite.
Rehab - Sittin At A Bar - "So I took the keys to her fucking car and crashed that piece of shit and then stepped away."
Great sing-a-long.
Muddy Waters - Champagne & Reefer - h man, I wish Ian Moore’s version was on Spotify.
But the original will have to do.
Pogues - A Pair Of Brown Eyes - Spoiler alert: The Pogues can drink.
Shane MacGowan has put in his hours drinking and it shows in this song.
Amy Winehouse - Rehab - Kind of a famous sing along for people in public with a drinking problem.
I get conflicted about this one.
Roger Miller - Chug A Lug - This one, on the contrary, this is a guilt-free joyful beer drinking sing-along.
Rod Stewart - What’s Made Milwaukee Famous (Has Made a Loser Out of Me) - Oh, I miss crazy pre-standards Rod Stewart.
Lou Reed - The Power Of Positive Drinking
Tom Waits - Warm Beer and Cold Women
Los Lobos - I Got Loaded
Kris Kristofferson - Sunday Morning Coming Down
Har Mar Superstar - DUI
Chumbawumba - Tubthumping
The Doors - Alabama Song
Bad Bunny - Moscow Mule
Jimmy Buffett - Margaritaville
War - Spill The Wine
Ed Harcourt - You Only Call Me When You’re Drunk
B-52’s Dry County
Neil Young - Barstool Blues
Dierks Bentley - Drunk On A Plane
Widespread Panic - Barstools and Dreamers
Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats - S.O.B.
Semisonic - Closing Time
Beastie Boys - Brass Monkey
Phish Bathtub Gin
Tom T. Hall - I Like Beer
Tom Waits - The Piano Has Been Drinking
Snoop Dogg - Gin And Juice
Rehab - Hey Fred
Leonard Cohen - That Don’t
Make It Junk
Gogol Bordello - Alcohol
The Replacements - Here Comes A Regular
The Pogues - The Sunnyside Of The Street
Steely Dan - Black Cow
Brad Paisley - Alcohol
Blues Brothers - Hey Bartender
LCD Soundsystem - Drunk Girls
Tame Impala - Half Full Glass of Wine
Todd Snider - Long Year
Rev. Horton Heat - Gin And Tonic Blues
George Thorogood - One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer
