Got Some Beer on Ice: The 100 Greatest Drinking Songs of All-Time

When I published my list of the Top 50 Greatest Drinking Songs of All-Time back in August 2006 it caused a few debates and remains as one of the top viewed entries on Lyke2Drink. With a little help from some friends and suggestions from loyal readers, I've decided to revise and expand the list. After all, music and drinking just kind of go together -- especially in these tunes.

Here are The Top 100 Greatest Drinking Songs of All-Time:

1. Margaritaville -- Jimmy Buffett
2. All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Tonight -- Hank Williams Jr.
3. Beer For My Horses -- Toby Keith/Willie Nelson
4. One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer -- George Thorogood/John Lee Hooker
5. Tequila Sunrise -- The Eagles
6. Drinkin' My Baby Goodbye -- Charlie Daniels
7. Whiskey River -- Willie Nelson
8. It's Five O'Clock Somewhere -- Alan Jackson and Jimmy Buffett
9. Double Vision -- Foreigner
10. Beer in Mexico -- Kenny Chesney
11. I Think I'll Just Stay Here and Drink -- Merle Haggard
12. Friends in Low Places -- Garth Brooks
13. Alabama Song -- The Doors
14. I Love This Bar -- Toby Keith
15. Family Tradition -- Hank Williams Jr.
16. Don't The Girls All Get Prettier at Closing Time -- Mickey Gilley
17. There's a Tear in My Beer -- Hank Williams Sr.
18. Party Crowd -- David Lee Murphy
19. Ten Rounds with Jose Cuervo -- Tracy Byrd
20. Bama Breeze -- Jimmy Buffett
21. Tequila Makes Her Clothes Fall Off -- Joe Nichols
22. I Like Beer -- Tom T. Hall
23. Two Pina Coladas -- Garth Brooks
24. Closing Time --Semisonic
25. I Drink Alone -- George Thorogood
26. Wasted Days and Wasted Nights -- Freddy Fender
27. Wasn't That a Party? -- Scooter Lee
28. Why Don't We Get Drunk? -- Jimmy Buffett
29. Coming to Your City -- Big & Rich
30. Ten Feet Tall and Bulletproof -- Travis Tritt
31. Captain Jack -- Billy Joel
32. Drink Canada Dry -- David Allan Coe
33. Tequila -- The Champs
34. The Last Shot -- Lou Reed
35. Whiskey Bent and Hell Bound -- Hank Williams Jr.
36. Set 'Em Up Joe -- Vern Gosden
37. Get My Drink On -- Toby Keith
38. American Pie -- Don McLean
39. Red, Red Wine -- UB40/Neil Diamond
40. Pop a Top -- Jim Ed Brown/Alan Jackson
41. In Heaven There is No Beer -- Polkaholics
42. Roadhouse Blues -- The Doors
43. Who are You? -- The Who
44. Jose Cuervo -- Shelly West
45. I'm Gonna to Hire a Wino to Decorate Our Home -- David Frizzell
46. Let's Go Get Stoned -- Ray Charles
47. Piano Man -- Billy Joel
48. Redneck Yacht Club -- Craig Morgan
49. Honky Tonk Women -- Rolling Stones
50. Tennessee Whiskey -- George Jones
51. Too Many Nights in a Roadhouse -- Junior Brown
52. Empty Glass -- Pete Townshend
53. Dust on the Bottle -- David Lee Murphy
54. Alcohol -- Brad Paisley
55. Sunday Morning Coming Down -- Kris Kristofferson/Johnny Cash
56. Brown Liquor -- John Anderson
57. Drink! -- They Might Be Giants
58. Longneck Bottle -- Garth Brooks
59. Don't Come Home A Drinkin' -- Loretta Lynn
60. Nightrain -- Guns N' Roses
61. Beer Drinkers and Hell Raisers -- ZZ Top
62. Streams of Whiskey -- The Pogues
63. Get Drunk and Be Somebody -- Toby Keith
64. Chug-A-Lug -- Roger Miller
65. Straight Tequila Night John Anderson
66. American Honky Tonk Bar Association -- Garth Brooks
67. Guys Do It -- Mindy McCready
68. Gin and Juice -- Snoop Dog
69. 40 oz. to Freedom -- Sublime
70. Watermellon Crawl -- Tracy Bird
71. Beer Run -- George Jones
72. Misery and Gin -- Merle Haggard
73. Beer Thirty -- Brooks & Dunn
74. You, Me and The Bottle Makes Three -- Big Bad Voodo Daddy
75. Whiskey Bottle -- Uncle Tupelo
76. Red Necks, White Socks and Blue Ribbon Beer -- Hank Thompson
77. Billy's Got His Beer Goggles On -- Neal McCoy
78. Hey Bartender -- Floyd Dixon/The Blues Brothers
79. Mexican Cousin -- Phish
80. Dreamin' and Drinkin' -- Waylon Jennings
81. The Piano Has Been Drinking -- Tom Waits
82. Drinking Problem -- Rehab
83. What's the Use of Getting Sober? -- Louis Jordan
84. Country Club -- Travis Tritt
85. Fifteen Beers -- Johnny Paycheck
86. Hurry Up Harry -- Sham 69
87. Alcohaulin's Ass -- Hallyeah
88. Mas Tequila -- Sammy Hagar
89. Seven Drunken Nights -- Dubliners
90. Beer Belly Blues -- Tim Wilson
91. Gimme Three Steps -- Lynyrd Skynyrd
92. Home for a Rest -- Spirit of the West
93. Six Pack -- Black Flag
94. You Never Even Called Me By My Name -- David Allan Coe
95. Ein Prosit -- Die G'Scherten Munchner
96. What Good Can Drinkin' Do? -- Janis Joplin
97. You Ain't Much Fun -- Toby Keith
98. Midnight Chior -- The Gatlin Brothers
99. A Couple of Beers Ago -- Dale Watson
100. Honky Tonkin -- Hank Williams Sr.

Honorable Mention: All My Rowdy Friends Have Settled Down (Hank Williams Jr.); Barstool Mountain (Johnny Paycheck); Bartender (Dave Matthews Band); Cold Beverage (G. Love & Special Sauce); East Bound and Down (Jerry Reed); Gotta Get Drunk (Eddie Spaghetti); Honky Tonk Masquerade (Joe Ely); Hair of the Dog (Dale Watson); Homemade Wine (Ozark Mountain Daredevils); I Got Drunk (Uncle Tupelo); I Had to Get Drunk Last Night (Gary Stewart); I'm Home Gettin' Hammered While She's Out Gettin' Nailed (Banjo & Sullivan); If You Don't Start Drinking, I'm Going to Leave (George Thorogood); Irish Drinking Song (Flogging Molly); Pass the Courvoisier (Busta Rhymes); Please Operator (Garth Brooks); Rehab (Amy Winehouse); Saturday Night's Alright (Elton John); Since I Started Drinking Again (Dwight Yoakam); Tequila Sheila (Bobby Bare); Tequila Talking (Lone Star); The Blarney Stone (Ween); The Bottle Let Me Down (Merle Haggard); What Made Milwaukee Famous (Jerry Lee Lewis); What's Your Name (Lynyrd Skynyrd); Whiskey and Wine (311); Whiskey, If You Were a Woman (Highway 101); Whiskey in the Jar (Metallica); Whiskey Rock 'n Roller (Lynyrd Skynyrd).