There's about as many types of <ahref="https://www.askmen.com/top_10/travel_200/218_travel_top_ten.html">drinking songsas there are reasons to have a drink. Some celebrate a job well done and a drink deserved,while others revel in drunk disorderliness or bemoan a well-earned hangover. It's allabout intoxication, either in the sense of getting a rush, or of getting poisoned.In the process of "researching" this list for you, it soon became clear that, justlike there are tons of drinking songs, there are tons of terrible drinking euphemisms,like imbibe, quaff and tipple. Ugh.In finding these very best drinking songs,we didn't discriminate by <ahref="https://www.askmen.com/sports/health/14_mens_health.html">alcohol content ordrinking context. The only thing that mattered was that they told the truth. When folksget drunk, sh*t can either get real fun, real sad, or just real messy.10. Kris Kristofferson, "Sunday Morning Comin' Down"

Though Johnny Cash made this tragic song famous (even winning it the CMA's Song of theYear award in 1970) and Willie Nelson also recently recorded it, the best version is byKris Kristofferson, the man who wrote the song. Perhaps best known these days for being inthe Blade movies, this ex-helicopter pilot and janitor wrote some classic countrysongs, such as "Me and Bobby McGee," and this great ode to the sad comedown after a nightof drunken debauchery.Drinking lyric:"And the beer Ihad for breakfast wasn't bad, so I had one more for dessert."9. Wynonie Harris, "Quiet Whiskey"

The fantastically named Wynonie Harris cut some excellent jumpblues songs in the late 1940s and early &lsquo;50s. These swinging tracks full of doubleentendres may predate the official birth of rock &lsquo;n roll, but they already embodyall of its best qualities: shouty vocals, a dynamic sound, and an elastic rhythm sectionjust made for wild dancing. All combined with lyrics about unhinged behavior, such as thistale of what happens after opening the first bottle of whiskey (more are bound to follow,and the cops are soon to come).Drinking lyric:"Whiskey,whiskey on the shelf, you were so quiet there all by yourself, things were fine 'til theytook you down"8. The Champs, "Tequila"

Some of the best drinking songs work so well because you don't actually have to be lucidenough to remember, or even know, the lyrics. "Louie Louie" is perhaps the best-knownexample, a favorite of slurring mouths around the globe, but "La Cucaracha" or thisnigh-instrumental blast of fun by the Champs is even easier to bawl out late at night. Seealso: raucous singalongs; shouting neighbors; tragic limbo accidents.Drinking lyric:"TEQUILA!"7. Lambert, Hendricks & Ross, "Gimme That Wine"

Vocal jazz may have a stuffy and even cheesy image, but just imagine those classycocktail joints loosened up after closing time: fingers snapping left and right, the floorsticky with spilled daiquiris and the air clogged with skinny cigarette smoke. A cappellawizards Lambert, Hendricks & Ross here team up with a band for a silly original notthat far from the rowdy stylings of Wynonie at no. 9. We dare you not to crack a smile,the whole things rhymes too!Drinking lyric:"Unhand thatbottle!" Continue Reading



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