Drinking Class

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"Drinking Class"
Single by Lee Brice
from the album I Don't Dance
Released September 8, 2014 (2014-09-08)
Format Digital download
Recorded 2014
Genre Country
Length 3:27
Label Curb
Writer(s)
Producer(s)
Lee Brice singles chronology
"I Don't Dance"
(2014)		 "Drinking Class"
(2014)		 "That Don't Sound Like You"
(2015)

"Drinking Class" is a song recorded by American country music artist Lee Brice. It was released in September 2014 as the second single from his third studio album, I Don't Dance.[1][2] It was written by Josh Kear, David Frasier and Ed Hill.[3][4]

Critical reception

Billy Dukes of Taste of Country gave the song a favorable review, calling it "Brice's finest moment" and "a song that can't be ignored." Dukes also wrote that "there's not a hardworking American who won't relate to this song on some level."[5]

Music video

The music video was directed by Ryan Smith and premiered in November 2014.[6]

Chart performance

"Drinking Class" debuted at number 48 on the U.S. Billboard Country Airplay chart for the week of September 13, 2014.[7] It also debuted at number 44 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart for the week of August 30, 2014. The song was certified Gold by the RIAA on March 18, 2015.[8] As of May 2015, the song has sold 742,000 copies in the US.[9] In December 2015, it was declared the number one song of the year on the Billboard Country Airplay chart, making it the third song in that chart's history to do so without placing at number one at any point during the year; it peaked at number 2.

Chart (2014–15) Peak
position
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[10] 66
Canada Country (Billboard)[11] 11
US Billboard Hot 100[12] 53
US Country Airplay (Billboard)[13] 2
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[14] 3

Year-end charts

Chart (2014) Position
US Country Airplay (Billboard)[15] 97
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[16] 88
Chart (2015) Position
US Country Airplay (Billboard)[17] 1
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[18] 15
Preceded by Billboard Country Airplay
number-one single of the year
2015		 Incumbent

Certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
United States (RIAA)[8] Gold 500,000

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
xunspecified figures based on certification alone

References

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  10. ↑ "Lee Brice – Chart history" Canadian Hot 100 for Lee Brice.
  11. ↑ "Lee Brice – Chart history" Billboard Canada Country for Lee Brice.
  12. ↑ "Lee Brice – Chart history" Billboard Hot 100 for Lee Brice.
  13. ↑ "Lee Brice – Chart history" Billboard Country Airplay for Lee Brice.
  14. ↑ "Lee Brice – Chart history" Billboard Hot Country Songs for Lee Brice.
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