| Drinking Champagne | |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Cal Smith |
| Album: | Drinking Champagne |
| B-Side: | "Honky Tonk Blues"[1] |
| Released: | September 1968 |
| Genre: | Country |
| Label: | Kapp |
| Producer: | Paul Cohen |
| Prev Title: | Jacksonville |
| Prev Year: | 1968 |
| Next Title: | Empty Arms |
| Next Year: | 1969 |
| Drinking Champagne | |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | George Strait |
| Album: | Livin' It Up |
| B-Side: | We're Supposed to Do That Now and Then |
| Released: | July 20, 1990 |
| Recorded: | February 12, 1990 |
| Genre: | Country |
| Label: | MCA 79070 |
| Producer: | Jimmy Bowen George Strait |
| Prev Title: | Love Without End, Amen |
| Prev Year: | 1990 |
| Next Title: | I've Come to Expect It from You |
| Next Year: | 1990 |
"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 (1990) | Position | |
|---|---|---|
| Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[6] | 35 | |
| US Country Songs (Billboard)[7] | 72 |