"Tequila Talkin'" is the debut single of the country music

Country music

Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...

 band Lonestar

Lonestar

Lonestar is an American country music group consisting of Richie McDonald , Michael Britt , Keech Rainwater , Dean Sams , and Michael Hill . McDonald left the band in November 2007 for a solo career before returning in 2011...

. It was released in August 1995 as the lead-off single from their self-titled debut album. It peaked at number 8 in the United States, and number 11 in Canada.

Content

The song's narrator was not still in love with his former lover when he said that he was, but he was just drunk on tequila when he had said so.

Critical reception

Larry Flick, of 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...

magazine reviewed the song favorably, calling it a "great country lyric about longing and regret magnified through a bottle." He goes on to say that "nice vocal and solid production make this accessible to radio."

Chart positions

"Tequila Talkin" debuted at #69 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of August 19, 1995.

Chart (1995)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks	8
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	11