Pretty Good at Drinkin' Beer
| "Pretty Good at Drinkin' Beer" | ||||
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| Single by Billy Currington | ||||
| from the album Enjoy Yourself | ||||
| Released | May 24, 2010 | |||
| Format | Music download | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 2:58 | |||
| Label | Mercury Nashville | |||
| Writer(s) | Troy Jones | |||
| Producer(s) |
Billy Currington Carson Chamberlain | |||
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"Pretty Good at Drinkin' Beer" is a song written by Troy Jones, and recorded by American country music artist Billy Currington. It was released in May 2010 as the lead-off single to Currington's album Enjoy Yourself.
Content
The song is an up-tempo tune, in which the narrator claims that he’s not good at most of the normal things that men are known for (e.g. fixing cars, mowing grass, working hard, and cleaning windows), but he is "pretty good at drinkin' beer".
Critical reception
Bobby Peacock of Roughstock gave the song four out of five stars, and said that the song is "another pleasing, low-key charmer in a rapidly growing repertoire."[1] Kevin John Coyne of Country Universe gave the song a B+ and a positive review, stating that compared to other drinking songs, "this one matches the pace of the kind of drinking he’s talking about."[2] Karlie Justus of Engine 145 gave the song a thumbs-down, saying that it "plods in circles without any sort of reward for listeners" and that its lyrics were "neither memorable or catchy," but also said that its "honesty and simplicity boosts its authenticity."[3]
Music video
The music video was directed by Potsy Ponciroli and premiered in July 2010. It shows a middle-aged overweight man going to a pool party, presumed to be for his girlfriend, named Cindy in the video. It starts with a short prologue, showing the guy getting ready for the party, by putting on clothes, stretching, and circling his calendar. He then walks outside and sees a cute girl across the street having her car fixed by her presumed boyfriend. The boyfriend rolls out from under the car and sees the pair making kissy-faces across the yard at each other, he then walks over, knocks the main character to the ground, and drives off with the girlfriend. It then cuts to the party, where he and his buddy have shown up for the party, are enjoying themselves and then see the previous antagonist. Billy is seen performing with a guitar at poolside throughout the video. He challenges the antagonist to a game of beer-pong and proceeds to demolish him and win the cute girl back in the process. The video ends with him (the main character) winning a game of beer-pong, and then walking off with the girl while the antagonist gives him the finger. It was filmed at a house in Nashville over an 8-hour period. The main character is played by the video's producer, who volunteered to be in it.
Chart performance
"Pretty Good at Drinkin' Beer" debuted at No. 48 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts on the week ending June 5, 2010. It also debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 at No. 83 on the week ending June 19, 2010. It also debuted at No. 94 on the Canadian Hot 100 chart for the week of July 17, 2010. In September, it became his fifth No. 1 hit, spending one week at No. 1.
| Chart (2010) | Peak position |
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| US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[4] | 1 |
| US Billboard Hot 100[5] | 41 |
| Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[6] | 50 |
Year-end charts
| Chart (2010) | Position |
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| US Country Songs (Billboard)[7] | 28 |
| Preceded by "All About Tonight" by Blake Shelton |
Billboard Hot Country Songs number-one single September 18, 2010 |
Succeeded by "Our Kind of Love" by Lady Antebellum |
References
- ↑ Peacock, Bobby (May 17, 2010). "Billy Currington — "Pretty Good at Drinkin' Beer". Roughstock. Retrieved June 16, 2010.
- ↑ Coyne, Kevin John (May 31, 2010). "Billy Currington — "Pretty Good at Drinkin' Beer"". Country Universe. Retrieved June 16, 2010.
- ↑ Justus, Karlie (July 9, 2010). "Billy Currington — "Pretty Good at Drinkin' Beer"". Engine 145. Retrieved July 9, 2010.
- ↑ "Billy Currington – Chart history" Billboard Hot Country Songs for Billy Currington.
- ↑ "Billy Currington – Chart history" Billboard Hot 100 for Billy Currington.
- ↑ "Billy Currington – Chart history" Canadian Hot 100 for Billy Currington.
- ↑ "Best of 2010: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 2010. Retrieved December 13, 2010.
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