Not a Worry in the World, A Cold Beer in My Hand: The 200 Greatest Drinking Songs of All-Time

Music and drinking must go back in time to the very early days of civilization. The two things just appear to go together. Bar bands and juke boxes are proof that when people drink they like to hear music -- or is it when they hear music they like to drink?

In August 2006, Lyke2Drink published the top 50 drinking songs of all-time. That proved so popular that two years later in February 2008 Lyke2Drink issued our list of the 100 greatest drinking songs. Both lists received a ton of response and they are still among the top 10 posts on this blog on nearly a daily basis.

Since the last list was published we have been listening to a ton of music and new drinking songs have been released. It was pretty easy finding more than 200 songs devoted to the hobby of drinking. The challenge was placing them in order.

This is sure to cause some debate about what has been left in and what has been left out, not to mention the order of the songs. Grab a cold one and listen up. One of these days I'd love to issue this as a boxed set of CDs and sell them on late night television after the bars close.

1. Margaritaville -- Jimmy Buffett
2. All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Tonight -- Hank Williams Jr.
3. One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer -- George Thorogood/John Lee Hooker
4. Whiskey River -- Willie Nelson
5. It's Five O'Clock Somewhere -- Alan Jackson and Jimmy Buffett
6. Beer For My Horses -- Toby Keith and Willie Nelson
7. Toes – Zac Brown Band
8. Tequila Sunrise -- The Eagles
9. Drinkin' My Baby Goodbye -- Charlie Daniels
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. People are Crazy – Billy Currington
22. Double Vision – Foreigner
23. Coming to Your City -- Big & Rich
24. I Like Beer -- Tom T. Hall
25. Two Pina Coladas -- Garth Brooks
26. Closing Time –Semisonic
27. I Drink Alone -- George Thorogood
28. Wasted Days and Wasted Nights -- Freddy Fender
29. Wasn't That a Party? -- Scooter Lee
30. Why Don't We Get Drunk? -- Jimmy Buffett
31. Ten Feet Tall and Bulletproof -- Travis Tritt
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. Tequila Makes Her Clothes Fall Off -- Joe Nichols
39. American Pie -- Don McLean
40. Red, Red Wine -- UB40/Neil Diamond
41. Pop a Top -- Jim Ed Brown/Alan Jackson
42. In Heaven There is No Beer – Polkaholics
43. Roadhouse Blues -- The Doors
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. Out Last Night – Kenny Chesney
56. Sunday Morning Coming Down -- Kris Kristofferson/Johnny Cash
57. Brown Liquor -- John Anderson
58. Drink! -- They Might Be Giants
59. Longneck Bottle -- Garth Brooks
60. Don't Come Home A Drinkin' -- Loretta Lynn
61. Nightrain -- Guns N' Roses
62. Beer Drinkers and Hell Raisers -- ZZ Top
63. Streams of Whiskey -- The Pogues
64. Get Drunk and Be Somebody -- Toby Keith
65. Chug-A-Lug -- Roger Miller
66. Straight Tequila Night -- John Anderson
67. American Honky Tonk Bar Association -- Garth Brooks
68. Guys Do It -- Mindy McCready
69. Gin and Juice -- Snoop Dog
70. 40 oz. to Freedom – Sublime
71. Watermellon Crawl -- Tracy Bird
72. Beer Run -- George Jones
73. Misery and Gin -- Merle Haggard
74. Beer Thirty -- Brooks & Dunn
75. You, Me and The Bottle Makes Three -- Big Bad Voodo Daddy
76. What's Your Name -- Lynyrd Skynyrd
77. Whiskey Bottle -- Uncle Tupelo
78. Rednecks, White Socks and Blue Ribbon Beer -- Hank Thompson
79. Billy's Got His Beer Goggles On -- Neal McCoy
80. Hey Bartender -- Floyd Dixon/The Blues Brothers
81. Mexican Cousin – Phish
82. Dreamin' and Drinkin' -- Waylon Jennings
83. The Piano Has Been Drinking -- Tom Waits
84. Drinking Problem – Rehab
85. What's the Use of Getting Sober? -- Louis Jordan
86. Country Club -- Travis Tritt
87. Fifteen Beers -- Johnny Paycheck
88. Hurry Up Harry -- Sham 69
89. Alcohaulin's Ass – Hallyeah
90. Mas Tequila -- Sammy Hagar
91. Seven Drunken Nights – Dubliners
92. Beer Belly Blues -- Tim Wilson
93. Working Man Blues – Merle Haggard
94. Soul Happy Hour – The Jazz Butcher Conspiracy
95. Home for a Rest -- Spirit of the West
96. You Never Even Called Me By My Name -- David Allan Coe
97. Chicken Fried – Zac Brown Band
98. Whiskey Girl – Toby Keith
99. Me and Opie – BR5-49
100. Ein Prosit -- Die G'Scherten Munchner
101. What Good Can Drinkin' Do? -- Janis Joplin
102. You Ain't Much Fun -- Toby Keith
103. I Don’t Even Know Her Name – Alan Jackson
104. Werewolves of London – Warren Zevon
105. Midnight Chior -- The Gatlin Brothers
106. A Couple of Beers Ago -- Dale Watson
107. Honky Tonkin -- Hank Williams Sr.
108. All My Rowdy Friends Have Settled Down -- Hank Williams Jr.
109. Barstool Mountain -- Johnny Paycheck
110. Six Pack -- Black Flag
111. Cold Beverage -- G. Love & Special Sauce
112. East Bound and Down -- Jerry Reed
113. Raleigh & Spencer – Yonder Mountain String Band
114. Gotta Get Drunk -- Eddie Spaghetti
115. Honky Tonk Masquerade -- Joe Ely
116. Designated Drinker – Alan Jackson
117. Hair of the Dog -- Dale Watson
118. Tequila Sheila -- Bobby Bare
119. Homemade Wine -- Ozark Mountain Daredevils
120. I Got Drunk -- Uncle Tupelo
121. Bartender -- Dave Matthews Band
122. I Had to Get Drunk Last Night -- Gary Stewart
123. Glory Days – Bruce Springsteen
124. I'm Home Gettin' Hammered While She's Out Gettin' Nailed -- Banjo & Sullivan
125. Smokey the Bar – Hank Thompson
126. If You Don't Start Drinking, I'm Going to Leave -- George Thorogood
127. Irish Drinking Song -- Flogging Molly
128. Pass the Courvoisier -- Busta Rhymes
129. Just Good Ol’ Boys – Moe Bandy
130. Please Operator -- Garth Brooks
131. Rehab -- Amy Winehouse
132. Saturday Night's Alright -- Elton John
133. Who are You? -- The Who
134. Since I Started Drinking Again -- Dwight Yoakam
135. Tequila Talking -- Lone Star
136. Big Ole Brew – Mel McDaniel
137. On Tap, in the Can or in the Bottle – Hank Thompson
138. Love, Peace and Hard Liquor – Jamie Richards
139. Scenes from an Italian Restaurant – Billy Joel
140. Secret of Life – Faith Hill
141. One for My Baby – Frank Sinatra
142. The Blarney Stone – Ween
143. The Bottle Let Me Down -- Merle Haggard
144. What Made Milwaukee Famous -- Jerry Lee Lewis
145. Whiskey and Wine – 311
146. Power of Positive Drinkin’ – Mickey Gilley
147. Whiskey, If You Were a Woman -- Highway 101
148. Whiskey Rock 'n Roller -- Lynyrd Skynyrd
149. How Can I Be So Thirsty? – John Anderson
150. Cold, Cold Beer – Floyd Tilman
151. Cheap Seats – Alabama
152. Uneasy Rider – Charlie Daniels
153. Champagne Ladies, Blue Ribbon Babies – Darrell McCall
154. I Don’t Want to Sober Up Tonight – Merle Haggard
155. Drinking Bone – Tracey Byrd
156. Good Friends and a Glass of Wine – Leann Rimes
157. Alcohol and Pills – Todd Snider
158. Whiskey in the Jar -- Metallica
159. Revenooer Man – Alan Jackson
160. Gimme Three Steps -- Lynyrd Skynyrd
161. Must’ve Been a Ball – Alan Jackson
162. Bubbles in My Beer – Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
163. Drinking Thing – Gary Stewart
164. Strawberry Wine – Deana Carter
165. Six Pack to Go – Hank Thompson
166. Captain Jim’s Drunken Dream – James Taylor
167. Ramblin’ in the Rambler – Yonder Mountain String Band
168. Who I Am – Alan Jackson
169. Pubs, Pints & Open Doors – Shilelagh Law
170. WPLJ – Frank Zappa
171. Misery Loves Company – Ronnie Milsap
172. Drinker Born – Uncle Earl
173. Rocky Top – Oh Brother
174. Swinging Door – Merle Haggard
175. Bad Liver & Broken Heart – Hayes Carll
176. Honkey Talk Calling Me Again – Curtis Potter
177. The Gambler – Kenny Rogers
178. Good Time – Alan Jackson
179. Boy Named Sue – Johnny Cash
180. White Lightning – George Jones
181. Kristofferson – Tim McGraw
182. Rye Whiskey – Tex Ritter
183. Honkiest Tonkiest Beer Joint – Dale Watson
184. Bottle Let Me Down – Merle Haggard
185. Two More Bottles of Wine – Emmylou Harris
186. Hotel California – The Eagles
187. Killer Queen – Queen
188. Babylon Sisters – Steely Dan
189. Big Shot – Billy Joel
190. Elderberry Wine – Elton John
191. When I’m 64 –- The Beatles
192. Jack Straw – Grateful Dead
193. Dahlia – Phish
194. Tin Cup Chalice – Jimmy Buffett
195. Martini Time – Rev. Horton Heat
196. Sangria Wine – Jerry Jeff Walker
197. Alcohol – Bare Naked Ladies
198. Bartender’s Blues – James Taylor
199. Have a Drink on Me – AC/DC
200. Tiny Bubbles – Don Ho