| "Beer in Mexico" | ||||
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| Single by Kenny Chesney | ||||
| from the album The Road and the Radio | ||||
| Released | January 8, 2007 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 4:33 (album version) 3:44 (radio version) |
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| Label | BNA | |||
| Writer(s) | Kenny Chesney | |||
| Producer | Buddy Cannon Kenny Chesney |
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"Beer In Mexico" is the title of a song written and recorded by American country music singer Kenny Chesney. It was released in January 2007 as the fifth and final single from Chesney's 2005 album The Road and the Radio. The song reached the top of the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart and was the first song written by Kenny Chesney himself to reach number 1 on the charts.
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The liner notes for The Road and the Radio state that Chesney wrote the song while vacationing in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico for Sammy Hagar's birthday party.
The narrator talks about being at crossroads in his life and doesn't know what decisions to make so he decides to relax and have a beer in Mexico.
Kevin John Coyne, reviewing the song for Country Universe, gave it a B+ rating. He said that it is "a cool, loud record. There’s almost too much going on, but just almost." He then goes on to say that radio will be all over the song.[1] Dan Milliken of Country Universe rated the song number 108 on his list of the 201 Greatest Singles of the Decade. He stated that the song was "such a perfect encapsulation of Kenny Chesney’s musical identity from this decade that you could skip over the most of the rest of his work and still get the basic idea." [2]
"Beer in Mexico" debuted at number 51 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart for the week of January 6, 2007.
| Chart (2007) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| US Country Songs (Billboard)[3] | 1 |
| US Billboard Hot 100[4] | 61 |
| Preceded by "Ladies Love Country Boys" by Trace Adkins |
Billboard Hot Country Songs number-one single March 24—April 7, 2007 |
Succeeded by "Last Dollar (Fly Away)" by Tim McGraw |
| Country | Certification |
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| United States | Gold[5] |