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Top 10 Songs About Alcohol


shooters shots draft or on the rocks
these are the songs we think about when
it comes to booze buddy
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top 10
songs about alcohol
this list we’ve chosen songs where the
main subject is an alcoholic beverage of
some sort and have ranked them based on
their popularity and overall recognition
as an alcohol song
WatchMojo does not necessarily support
the behaviors associated with these
songs so please listen in moderation and
enjoy responsibly
number ten brass monkey
Beastie Boys while few can deny that
this tune grooves very few can agree on
the ingredients to this campus favorite
the track’s namesake label can be
applied to no less than four alcoholic
drinks all of which use orange juice or
at least orange drink as a base in 1982
lloyd line a company that sold a
pre-mixed version of the drink was sold
to tobacco company r.j. reynolds for 1.4
billion dollars
though this number significantly beats
out the song’s parent album Licensed to
Ill which to date has sold over 9
million copies brass monkey is still a
Beastie Boys and hip-hop classic that
you’ll want to drink anytime and
anyplace
number nine coal gin kiss
Oh
this glam rock anthem was sung by
bassist gene Simmons who was a
teetotaler
meaning we refrained from consuming
intoxicating liquors but it was written
by Ace Frehley who was not
the mountain bear
although never released as a single this
track off the band’s debut was a concert
favorite and also appears an alive
version on their massive alive album
the tunes alcohol of choice is gin which
is flavored by juniper berries and is
the basis for the martini the Singapore
sling and more
but it’s the spirits effects on the male
sex drive that are being praised here as
it’s the only thing that keeps us
together sounds like it’s cold gin time
again
number eight 40 ounces d12
hailing from detroit and featuring at
least one of marshall mathers
personalities this Dirty Dozen song is
bent on giving props to the forty with
yourself in savings and we don’t need to
seemingly breaking out the handles to
honor the fallen the firewater seems to
make this bunch violent
Oh
so violent in fact that they’ll have
their wives kill you when they’re done
killing you
which is quite thug and John no problem
with smacking no click my wife love what
the sauce you wrote although
cost-effective the 40 ounce bottle is
rarely used in bartending as its
heaviness and awkwardness leads to
spills wasted liquor and lost profits
don’t worry one of the cornerstone
number seven there’s a tear in my beer
Hank Williams jr. and Hank Williams
this barn filling ode to booze and
heartache was first written and recorded
by Hank Williams in 1950 but it wasn’t
released
long forgotten the song was eventually
uncovered and presented to Williams son
Hank Williams jr. there’s a deer in my
beer cause I’m crying for you dear
soon after modern recording and filming
techniques were employed to allow the
son and his late father to finally share
a song and a beer together in the music
video although a beer was probably the
last thing either Hank needed
the song later earned the paragraph for
best country vocal collaboration and a
Country Music Award for video of the
year
Oh
Oh
number six Margaritaville Jimmy Buffett
Emily now sponge Jake
this Jimmy Buffett Pen tune fared well
enough on the charts topping the
Billboard Hot adult contemporary Tracks
chart as well as being a top 20 hit on
the pop and country charts
Section four
but Margaritaville success in the
business world greatly overshadows all
of that I’ll blew out my flip-flops
step down
time
today the song’s title has been turned
into a brand that’s been applied to
books a radio station tequila malt
drinks chicken wings restaurants and yes
even flip-flops this all amounts to a
reported 100 million dollars a year in
revenue which ain’t bad for a beach bum
number five gin and Guice Snoop Doggy
dog with so much drama in the LBC is
kind of hard being a slow deagle GG but
somehow someway keep coming up although
other fun enhancers are available at
snoops late-night party it’s the titular
liquids of this smooth crack that seemed
to fuel its vibe to in the moment in the
party still jumping cut my mom a home
I’ve got bitches in the living room
getting it off this ode to jumped up
juniper juice tucked out at number one
on the Hot Rap singles charts and also
crossed over hitting number 8 on the Hot
100
I got me some secrets Jean everybody got
the cups but they ain’t chip D that is a
single established Snoop sound and
character and is considered a staple of
the West Coast hip-hop genre
with my gin and juice has also found
respect elsewhere and has been covered
by hey see Dixie the gourds and even
Paul Simon’s later Lynette day my homies
act as ray came to the wood a game to
tangle with number four tequila the
champs this sacks driven Diddy seems to
be about the Mexican party water we
guess if you think about it there’s not
a lot to go on here
yep so tequila ven the instrumental
rocker was recorded as a jam and was
first released as a b-side once flipped
the 45 inch shot to the top of the pop
and R&B charts the beverage meanwhile is
the distilled product of the blue agave
plant
number three whiskey in the jar’ The
Dubliners as I was going over the fiery
mountains
money he was countin this traditional
Irish folk songs has been covered by a
range of artists including Thin Lizzy
just me
the Grateful Dead black folk done you
wet fold daddy-o there’s whiskey in the
Jaro
and Metallica
there with speed
James Hetfield and crew recorded the
track for their garage Inc album and the
cover netted them a Grammy for Best hard
rock performance
but it’s the Irish folk interpretation
by The Dubliners that really gained the
track mainstream attention and soon
became the band’s signature tune whether
you prefer whiskey by the jar or
otherwise there’s no denying this songs
and during success
my wife
number two red red wine ub40
although a few of the typical claimed
benefits of drinking red wine include
the prevention of heart disease and
increase of good cholesterol this song
champions its ability to make one forget
first written and recorded by Neil
Diamond
stay close to me red red wine was later
recorded in a reggae vein by ub40
their cover hit number one in their
native UK and several other countries
but didn’t top the US charts until its
release four years later before we take
a sip of our top pick here are a few
honorable mentions
that’s another tequila sunrise
steering slowly sky
nighttime
number one one bourbon one Scotch one
beer George Thorogood I would say his
story written by Rudy Toombs this number
was first recorded by Amos Milburn as
one Scotch one bourbon one beer in 1953
one Scotch one bourbon one beer 13 years
later blues legend John Lee Hooker added
his signature stamp to the song and also
changed the order of the titles drinks
cookers version has served as the
template for all others including George
Thorogood Slater 1977 cover so I go in
my room and I’ll pack up my stuff and
I’ll pack up my John Lee Hooker record
collection by using another hooker tune
house rent boogie to serve as the songs
opening monologue I told the landlady
I’d lost my job and general pot of his
take the Delaware destroyer proved that
while many may advise against mixing
drinks it doesn’t mean you can’t mix the
blues I’ll go to the bar Watson there
come on down there
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