Drinking Champagne

"Drinking Champagne" is a song written by Bill Mack. He released the first version of the song on Pike Records in the mid-sixties.^[2] The song grabbed nationwide attention when the version by Cal Smith reached #35 on the country music charts in 1968.^[1]

The tune also was a local hit in the late sixties by Hawaii's Myra English.^[3]

Jerry Lee Lewis released a version of the song on his 1973 album, Live at the International.^[4]

It was covered in 1990 by George Strait, whose version was the second single from his album Livin' It Up. The song reached #4 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in October 1990.^[5]

Chart performance

Cal Smith

Chart (1968)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles	35

George Strait

Chart (1990)	Peak position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)^[6]	3
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)^[7]	4

Year-end charts

Chart (1990)	Position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)^[8]	35
US Country Songs (Billboard)^[9]	72

References

1 2 Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 385. ISBN 0-89820-177-2.
↑ Mack, Bill. "Bill Mack's "Hot Mike"".
↑ Monson, Valerie (April 3, 2001). "Myra English: 'Champagne Lady' of isles dies at 68". The Maui News. Retrieved May 24, 2012.
↑ Jerry Lee Lewis, Live at the International Retrieved June 18, 2012.
↑ Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks
↑ "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 1352." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. October 20, 1990. Retrieved August 23, 2013.
↑ "George Strait – Chart history" Billboard Hot Country Songs for George Strait.
↑ "RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1990". RPM. December 22, 1990. Retrieved August 23, 2013.
↑ "Best of 1990: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 1990. Retrieved August 23, 2013.

External links

Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

George Strait 1990s singles

Livin' It Up	"Love Without End, Amen" "Drinking Champagne" "I've Come to Expect It from You"

Chill of an Early Fall	"If I Know Me" "You Know Me Better Than That" "The Chill of an Early Fall" "Lovesick Blues"

Holding My Own	"Gone as a Girl Can Get" "So Much Like My Dad"

Pure Country	"I Cross My Heart" "Heartland" "When Did You Stop Loving Me"

Easy Come, Easy Go	"Easy Come, Easy Go" "I'd Like to Have That One Back" "Lovebug" "The Man in Love with You"

Lead On	"The Big One" "You Can't Make a Heart Love Somebody" "Adalida" "Lead On"

Strait Out of the Box	"Check Yes or No" "I Know She Still Loves Me"

Blue Clear Sky	"Blue Clear Sky" "Carried Away" "I Can Still Make Cheyenne" "King of the Mountain"

Carrying Your Love with Me	"One Night at a Time" "Carrying Your Love with Me" "Today My World Slipped Away" "Round About Way"

One Step at a Time	"I Just Want to Dance with You" "True" "We Really Shouldn't Be Doing This"

Always Never the Same	"Meanwhile" "Write This Down" "What Do You Say to That"

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