Hold My Beer (Aaron Pritchett song)

"Hold My Beer"
Single by Aaron Pritchett
from the album Big Wheel
Released	2006 (2006)
Genre	Country
Length	4:10
Label	OPM
Songwriter(s)	Aaron Pritchett Deric Ruttan Mitch Merrett
Aaron Pritchett singles chronology
"Big Wheel" (2006) "Hold My Beer" (2006) "Warm Safe Place" (2006)
Music video
"Hold My Beer" on YouTube

"Hold My Beer" is a song recorded by Canadian country music artist Aaron Pritchett. The song was the second single off his fourth studio album Big Wheel . Pritchett co-wrote the song with Deric Ruttan and Mitch Merrett. ^[1] The three writers won "Songwriter(s) of the Year" at the 2007 Canadian Country Music Awards for the song. ^[2]

Background and content

Pritchett and his co-writers were in a songwriting session when he uttered the phrase "hold my beer", which he stated "just popped into" his head. ^[3] They wrote the song as "a joke", not initially intending to record it. ^[4] Neither Pritchett nor his co-writers expected the song to achieve any success. ^[5]

The primary lyrics of the chorus are "Hold my beer, while I kiss your girlfriend. 'Cause she needs a real man / Not a boy like you". ^[3] Years after the song's release, Pritchett remarked that it is like a "nursery rhyme, an earworm," as "it gets stuck in your head and you never forget it". ^[3]

Accolades

Year	Award	Category	Result	Ref
2006	British Columbia Country Music Association	Video of the Year	Won	[6]
2007	Canadian Country Music Association	SOCAN Songwriter(s) of the Year	Won	[7]

Commercial performance

"Hold My Beer" reached a peak of number nine on the Billboard Canada Country chart dated August 26, 2006, marking Pritchett's fourth top ten hit. ^[8] The song peaked after only six weeks on the chart, while it charted for 22 weeks in total. ^[8] On August 24, 2017, the song became Pritchett's first single to be certified Gold by Music Canada. ^[9]

Music video

The official music video for "Hold My Beer" was directed by Stephano Barberis, and features footage of Pritchett performing the song, in addition to showing several actors portraying a scene at a bar. ^{[6] [10]}

Charts

Chart performance for "Hold My Beer"

Chart (2006)	Peak position
Canada Country (Billboard) [8]	9

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) [9]	Gold	40,000‡
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

1. "Hold My Beer - Song by Aaron Pritchett". Spotify . OPM Records. March 1, 2006. Retrieved December 22, 2023.
2. "Emerson Drive snags three CCMA awards". CBC News . September 10, 2007. Retrieved December 23, 2023.
3. Rubinoff, Joel (February 7, 2019). "Aaron Pritchett still asking you to hold his beer". Waterloo Region Record. Retrieved December 23, 2023.
4. Bernacki, Joseph (November 22, 2019). "Aaron Pritchett on the origins of Hold My Beer, his favourite music video, and what he'll be doing when he's 90". CTV News Saskatoon. Retrieved December 23, 2023.
5. "Hold My Beer – Aaron Pritchett Country Music Singer & Songwriter". Experience Nicola Valley. Retrieved December 23, 2023.
6. "British Columbia Country Music Association – Awards Past Winners". British Columbia Country Music Association. Archived from the original on November 10, 2017. Retrieved December 23, 2023.
7. Tucker, Ken (September 11, 2008). "Emerson Drive, Terri Clark Big Winners At CCMA". Billboard . Retrieved December 23, 2023.
8. "Aaron Pritchett Chart History (Canada Country)". Billboard . Archived from the original on November 18, 2021. Retrieved December 22, 2023.
9. "Canadian single certifications – Aaron Pritchett – Hold My Beer". Music Canada . Retrieved December 23, 2023.
10. "Hold My Beer - Aaron Pritchett" (video). YouTube . August 8, 2008. Retrieved December 22, 2023.