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"Drinking Champagne" is a song written by Bill Mack. He released the first version of the song on Pike Records in the mid-sixties.[2] The song grabbed nationwide attention when the version by Cal Smith reached #35 on the country music charts in 1968.[1]

"Drinking Champagne"
Single by Cal Smith
from the album Drinking Champagne
B-side	"Honky Tonk Blues"[1]
Released	September 1968
Genre	Country
Length	2:40
Label	Kapp
Songwriter(s)	Bill Mack
Producer(s)	Paul Cohen
Cal Smith singles chronology
"Jacksonville" (1968) "Drinking Champagne" (1968) "Empty Arms" (1969)

"Drinking Champagne"
Single by George Strait
from the album Livin' It Up
B-side	"We're Supposed to Do That Now and Then"
Released	July 20, 1990
Recorded	February 12, 1990
Genre	Country
Length	3:35
Label	MCA 79070
Songwriter(s)	Bill Mack
Producer(s)	Jimmy Bowen George Strait
George Strait singles chronology
"Love Without End, Amen" (1990) "Drinking Champagne" (1990) "I've Come to Expect It from You" (1990)

The tune also was a local hit in the late sixties by Hawaii's Myra English.[3]

Jerry Lee Lewis released a version of the song on his 1973 album, Live at the International.[4]

It was covered in 1990 by George Strait, whose version was the second single from his album Livin' It Up. The song reached #4 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in October 1990.[5]

Chart performance

Cal Smith

Chart (1968)	Peak position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[6]	35[7]

George Strait

Chart (1990)	Peak position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[8]	3
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[9]	4

Year-end charts

Chart (1990)	Position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[10]	35
US Country Songs (Billboard)[11]	72

Other recordings

• Bill Mack 1967,
• Billy Walker 1968,
• Faron Young 1969,
• Ray Price 1969
• Jim Ed Brown 1973
• Don Gibson 1973
• Mickey Gilley 1975,
• Dean Martin 1983
• Willie Nelson 2010

References

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