"Drinking Champagne" | ||||
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Single by Cal Smith | ||||
from the album Drinking Champagne | ||||
B-side | "Honky Tonk Blues" [1] | |||
Released | September 1968 | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Length | 2:40 | |||
Label | Kapp | |||
Songwriter(s) | Bill Mack | |||
Producer(s) | Paul Cohen | |||
Cal Smith singles chronology | ||||
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"Drinking Champagne" | ||||
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Single by George Strait | ||||
from the 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 | |||
Length | 3:35 | |||
Label | MCA 79070 | |||
Songwriter(s) | Bill Mack | |||
Producer(s) | Jimmy Bowen George Strait | |||
George Strait singles chronology | ||||
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"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 (1968) | Peak position |
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US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [6] | 35 [7] |
Chart (1990) | Peak position |
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Canada Country Tracks ( RPM ) [8] | 3 |
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [9] | 4 |
Chart (1990) | Position |
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Canada Country Tracks ( RPM ) [10] | 35 |
US Country Songs ( Billboard ) [11] | 72 |
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