Whiskey Glasses

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"Whiskey Glasses"
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Single by Morgan Wallen
from the album If I Know Me
ReleasedJuly 30, 2018 (2018-07-30)
Genre Country
Length3:54
Label Big Loud
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Joey Moi
Morgan Wallen singles chronology
"Up Down"
(2017)		"Whiskey Glasses"
(2018)		"Chasin' You"
(2019)
Music video
"Whiskey Glasses" on YouTube

"Whiskey Glasses" is a song written by Ben Burgess and Kevin Kadish, and recorded by American country music singer Morgan Wallen. It was first included on his 2016 EP The Way I Talk , [2] and was released as the third single from his 2018 studio album, If I Know Me .

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Background

The song was written by Kevin Kadish and Ben Burgess in 2015. Burgess had an idea about writing a song about whiskey glasses in a song-writing session with Kadish. He liked the idea, and came up with the line "I'mma need some whiskey glasses, 'cause I don't wanna see the truth". They decided that the theme should be about someone who turned to drink because of a bad break-up. Burgess then remembered his father who used to say after he had too much to drink: "Poor Pappy ... oh, pour your Pappy a drink", which became the start of the song as "Poor me, pour me another drink". [3]

The song was pitched to Wallen who then recorded the song with producer Joey Moi. It was first released in the summer of 2018, but only became a hit in 2019. [3]

Commercial performance

"Whiskey Glasses" reached No. 1 on Billboard Country Airplay chart dated June 8, 2019, after topping the Hot Country Songs chart. [4] The song was certified 9× Platinum by the RIAA on November 3, 2023. [5] It has sold 391,000 copies in the United States as of March 2020. [6]

Music video

The music video for "Whiskey Glasses" was directed by Justin Clough and was premiered on October 2018. [7] In it, Wallen exhibited as someone who was trying to mend his broken heart through drinking after his girlfriend dumped him, before eventually went to a bar with his friends (including Hardy) and performed a live version of the song.

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) [20] Diamond800,000‡
United States (RIAA) [5] 9× Platinum9,000,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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