"Drink in My Hand" is the title of a song co-written by Eric Church

Eric Church

Kenneth Eric Church is an American country music singer and songwriter. Signed to Capitol Records in 2006, Church released his debut album Sinners Like Me that year...

, Michael P. Heeney

Michael P. Heeney

Michael P. Heeney is an American country music songwriter. He has co-written singles for several country music recording artists, including hit singles for Brooks & Dunn , Eric Church , George Jones , Tracy Byrd, and Reba McEntire -Biography:Heeney grew up in an Irish neighborhood in...

 and Luke Laird

Luke Laird

Luke Laird is an American country music songwriter. He is best known for co-writing singles recorded by Carrie Underwood....

, and recorded by Church. It was released in August 2011 as the tenth single of his career, and the second from his third studio album, Chief

Chief (album)

Chief is the third studio album by American country music recording artist Eric Church. It was released on July 26, 2011, via EMI Nashville. The album includes the singles "Homeboy", which peaked at number 13 on the Hot Country Songs charts, and "Drink in My Hand"...

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Critical reception

Billy Dukes of Taste of Country gave the song four and a half stars out of five, writing that it is "rowdy and fun" and "should easily become the most successful song of the singer’s three album career." Matt Bjorke of Roughstock also gave the song four and a half stars of five, calling it "downright perfect as the theme song to a fun weekend" and adding that it "truly feels like a monster hit." Dan Milliken, reviewing the song for Country Universe, gave it a B- rating, saying that it is "just a radio hit [with] no higher aspiration than to be a slightly cooler version of 'All About Tonight

All About Tonight (song)

"All About Tonight" is the title of a song written by Rhett Akins, Dallas Davidson, and Ben Hayslip and recorded by American country music artist Blake Shelton. It serves as the first single from All About Tonight, his second extended play, and seventh studio release.-Content:The lyrics in All...

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Music video

The music video was directed by Peter Zavadil

Peter Zavadil

Peter Zavadil is a music video director who works primarily in the field of country music. He has directed many music videos since the late 1990s.-Music videos directed:109 music videos are currently listed here.-References:...

 and premiered in September 2011. It shows Eric at a concert, and well as various close-ups of him. It was filmed using a grainy-style technique, so the video is very fast and somewhat blurry.

Chart performance

"Drink in My Hand" debuted at number 57 on the U.S. Billboard

Billboard (magazine)

Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...

Hot Country Songs

Hot Country Songs

Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.This 60-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly mostly by airplay and occasionally commercial sales...

chart for the week of August 27, 2011.
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Chart (2011)	Peak position