50 Best Country Songs About Getting Drunk
Rowdy Country Tracks for Late-Night Drinking Sessions
There’s a certain buzz that comes with a night that starts light and ends sideways. You’re leaning on the bar, halfway through a cheap beer or a glass of something stronger, the jukebox lights flickering like it knows the room’s tipping toward chaos. Voices get louder, the floor feels stickier, and the right song rolls in like it’s been waiting for this exact moment. The kind that hits harder than the liquor and makes the whole place hum with a shared grin. These tracks understand the mess of it, the slurred words, the uneven dancing, the way your phone camera keeps catching blurry versions of everyone.
Nobody’s sipping neat and talking in low tones in these moments. It’s neon signs humming, tables crowding with empties, and someone yelling the wrong lyrics at the top of their lungs. You might hear something that cuts through the room like a dare, or a track that leans back and lets the night fall apart in the best way possible. It’s the same pull that fuels rowdy pop, rock, country, and R&B songs, but here it’s dirt roads, honky-tonk stages, and bars that never quite look clean. These songs don’t tidy up the scene, they live right in it, letting the mood roll downhill until no one’s keeping track of the time.
Not every drinking night lands where it started. Some swing wide, blur into each other, and leave behind a memory that smells faintly like whiskey and barbecue. The energy shifts, the crowd swells, and a chorus shakes loose every last bit of inhibition in the room. These songs match that kind of night beat for beat and turn the volume high enough to spill out onto the street. Here are the best country songs for getting drunk.
Top 10 Drinking Country Songs
1. 'Friends in Low Places'—Garth Brooks
2. 'I Think I'll Just Stay Here and Drink'—Merle Haggard
3. 'Family Tradition'—Hank Williams Jr.
4. 'It's Five O'Clock Somewhere'—Alan Jackson and Jimmy Buffett
5. 'Whiskey River'—Willie Nelson
6. 'Tennessee Whiskey'—Chris Stapleton
7. 'Beer for My Horses'—Toby Keith and Willie Nelson
8. 'Drunk on a Plane'—Dierks Bentley
9. 'Alcohol'—Brad Paisley
10. 'Tequila Makes Her Clothes Fall Off'—Joe Nichols
Best Country Drinking Songs #11—20
11. 'I Love This Bar'—Toby Keith
12. 'There's a Tear in My Beer'—Hank Williams
13. 'Pretty Good at Drinkin' Beer'—Billy Currington
14. 'Red Solo Cup'—Toby Keith
15. 'Drinking Class'—Lee Brice
16. 'Day Drinking'—Little Big Town
17. 'Whiskey Glasses'—Morgan Wallen
18. 'Drink in My Hand'—Eric Church
19. 'Beer Never Broke My Heart'—Luke Combs
20. 'One Margarita'—Luke Bryan
Modern Country Drinking Songs #31—40
31. 'Cold Beer Conversation'—George Strait
32. 'Beers On Me'—Dierks Bentley
33. 'One Beer'—HARDY, Lauren Alaina, and Devin Dawson
34. 'Drinkin' Problem'—Midland
35. 'Bottoms Up'—Brantley Gilbert
36. 'Beer Can't Fix'—Thomas Rhett and Jon Pardi
37. 'Buy My Own Drinks'—Runaway June
38. 'A Bar Song (Tipsy)'—Shaboozey
39. 'Whiskey and You'—Chris Stapleton
40. 'Drink About Me'—Brett Kissel
Country Drinking Songs for Any Occasion #41—50
41. 'Straight Tequila Night'—John Anderson
42. 'Beer in Mexico'—Kenny Chesney
43. 'She's Actin' Single (I'm Drinkin' Doubles)'—Gary Stewart
44. 'Whiskey Bent and Hell Bound'—Hank Williams Jr.
45. 'Bartender'—Lady A
46. 'Whiskey Lullaby'—Brad Paisley and Alison Krauss
47. 'Two Pina Coladas'—Garth Brooks
48. 'Just One More'—George Jones
49. 'Get That Man a Beer'—Riley Green
50. 'Save Water Drink Beer'—Chris Janson
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