"Have Your Beer" is a song recorded by Canadian country artist MacKenzie Porter. She wrote the song with Lydia Vaughan, Parker Welling, and Jason Massey, and it was produced by Joey Moi.[1] It was released to country radio stations in Canada and Australia as the fourth single from Porter's 2024 album Nobody's Born with a Broken Heart.[2]
In a press release, Porter framed the track as a song for "the girls" about "when he realizes what he lost," describing the emotions of the song as "I don’t think so," "your loss," and "don't even try it".[3]
The song was originally released as an instant gratification track in April 2024, one week ahead of the album's release, before later being sent to country radio in July 2024.[4]
Critical reception
Jeffrey Kurtis of Today's Country Magazine favourably reviewed "Have Your Beer", calling it an "irresistible, tempo driven melody that's filled in a dynamic pop country drive" and "an insatiably empowering anthem of moving on".[5] He noted how Porter "cleverly plays off the age-old idea of you can't have your cake and eat it [too]" with the lyric, "Can't have your beer and drink it too".[5] Erica Zisman of Country Swag described the track as an "anthemic and stage-ready song" that "speaks to the 'boy bye' mentality after a break-up".[6]
Charts
"Have Your Beer" reached a peak of number nine of the BillboardCanada Country airplay chart for the week of February 1, 2025, which was the song's 26th week on the chart.[7] In Australia, the song reached a peak of number one on the TMNCountry Hot 50 in Week 46 of 2024, which was the song's tenth week on that chart.[8]
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