The Lord Loves the Drinkin' Man

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"The Lord Loves the Drinkin' Man"
Single by Mark Chesnutt
from the album Savin' the Honky Tonk
ReleasedJuly 17, 2004
Genre Country
Length4:03
Label Vivaton!
Songwriter(s) Kevin Fowler
Producer(s) Jimmy Ritchey
Mark Chesnutt singles chronology
"I'm in Love with a Married Woman"
(2003)
"The Lord Loves the Drinkin' Man"
(2004)
"I'm a Saint"
(2004)

"The Lord Loves the Drinkin' Man" is a song recorded by American country music artist Mark Chesnutt. It was released in July 2004 as the first single from the album Savin' the Honky Tonk . The song reached #36 on the BillBoard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. [1] The song was written by Kevin Fowler.

Mark Chesnutt American singer-songwriter

Mark Nelson Chesnutt is an American country music singer. Between 1990 and 2002, he had his greatest chart success recording for Universal Music Group Nashville's MCA and Decca branches, with a total of eight albums between those two labels. During this timespan, Chesnutt also charted twenty Top 10 hits on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, of which eight reached No. 1: "Brother Jukebox", "I'll Think of Something", "It Sure Is Monday", "Almost Goodbye", "I Just Wanted You to Know", "Gonna Get a Life", "It's a Little Too Late", and a cover of Aerosmith's "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing". His first three albums for MCA along with a 1996 Greatest Hits package issued on Decca are all certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA); 1994's What a Way to Live, also issued on Decca, is certified gold. After a self-titled album in 2002 on Columbia Records, Chesnutt has continued to record predominantly on independent labels.

<i>Savin the Honky Tonk</i> 2004 studio album by Mark Chesnutt

Savin' the Honky Tonk is the eleventh studio album by American country music artist Mark Chesnutt. His first album for the Vivtaon! label, it features the singles "The Lord Loves the Drinkin' Man", "I'm a Saint", and "A Hard Secret to Keep", which reached #34, #33, and #59, respectively, on the Hot Country Songs charts.

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In the song, the protagonist defies his mother and preacher, both saying he'll never get to heaven if he keeps on drinking. [3]

Chart performance

Chart (2004)Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [4] 36

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