Posted on 04/08/2026 2:29:29 PM PDT by nickcarraway
There are many, many, many rock 'n' roll songs about drinking — call it an occupational hazard.
And if you narrow things down further, there's quite a lot of songs that have to do specifically with beer. In honor of National Beer Day (April 7), we've compiled a list of 25 songs either written about drinking beer or at the very least mentioning it.
Cheers!
1. "Beer Drinkers & Hell Raisers," ZZ Top From: Tres Hombres (1973)
"Beer drinkers and hell raisers, yeah / Baby, don't you want to come with me?"
2. "One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer," George Thorogood and the Destroyers
From: George Thorogood and the Destroyers (1977)
"Gonna get drunk, won'tcha listen right here / I want one bourbon, one shot 'n' one beer."
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3. "Warm Beer and Cold Women," Tom Waits From: Nighthawks at the Diner (1975)
"Warm beer and cold women, I just don't fit in / Every joint I stumbled into tonight / That's just how it's been."
4. "Roadhouse Blues," The Doors
From: Morrison Hotel (1970)
"I woke up this morning and I got myself a beer / The future's uncertain and the end is always near."
5. "Beer for Breakfast," The Replacements
From: All for Nothing / Nothing for All (1997)
"All I wanna do is drink beer for breakfast / All I wanna eat is them barbecue chips / All I want is someone to just try and protect us / You can try, but never wanna try and defect us."
6. "Bubbles in My Beer," Willie Nelson
From: Shotgun Willie (1973)
"Tonight in a bar alone / I'm sitting apart from the laughter and the cheer / Scenes from the past rise before me / Watching the bubbles in my beer."
7. "Say It Ain't So," Weezer
From: Weezer (1994)
"Somebody's Heine' is crowdin' my icebox / Somebody's cold one is givin' me chills / Guess I'll just close my eyes / Oh yeah, all right, feels good inside."
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8. "Beercan," Beck
From: Mellowgold (1994)
"We went down, lit up the shack, grabbed me a beer out of the sack / Everybody bent over twice, painting the walls, throwing some dice."
9. "Joe's Garage," Frank Zappa
From: Joe's Garage (1979)
"Down in Joe's Garage / We didn't have no dope or LSD / But a coupla quartsa beer / Would fix it so the intonation / Would not offend yer ear."
10. "Working Man," Rush
From: Rush (1974)
"'Cause I get home at five o'clock / And I take myself out an ice cold beer / Always seem to be wonderin' / Why there's nothin' goin' down here."
11. "Piano Man," Billy Joel
From: Piano Man (1973)
"And the piano, it sounds like a carnival / And the microphone smells like a beer."
12. "Saturday Night's All Right for Fighting," Elton John From: Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (1973)
"It's getting late, have you seen my mates? / Ma, tell me when the boys get here / It's seven o'clock and I want to rock / Want to get a belly full of beer."
13. "Six Pack," Black Flag
From: Six Pack (1981)
"I've got a six pack and nothing to do / I got a six pack and I don't need you."
14. "Ziggy Stardust," David Bowie
From: The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars (1972)
"So where were the spiders / While the fly tried to break our balls? / Just the beer light to guide us / So we bitched about his fans and should we crush his sweet hands?"
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15. "Sunday Morning Coming Down," Kris Kristofferson
From: The Austin Sessions (1999)
"Well, I woke up Sunday morning / With no way to hold my head that didn't hurt / And the beer I had for breakfast wasn't bad / So I had one more for dessert."
16. "Seven Days," Sting
From: Ten Summoner's Tales (1993)
"IQ is no problem here / We won't be playing Scrabble for her hand I fear / I need that beer."
17. "Sunset Grill," Don Henley
From: Building the Perfect Beast (1984)
"Maybe we'll leave come springtime / Meanwhile, have another beer / What would we do without all these jerks anyway? / Besides, all our friends are here."
18. "Tangled Up in Blue," Bob Dylan
From: Blood on the Tracks (1975)
"She was workin’ in a topless place / And I stopped in for a beer / I just kept lookin’ at the side of her face / In the spotlight so clear."
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19. "The Power of Positive Drinking," Lou Reed
From: Growing Up in Public (1980)
"Some like wine and some like hops / But what I really love is my scotch / It's the power, the power of positive drinking."
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20. "Sunny Afternoon," The Kinks
From: Face to Face (1966)
"My girlfriend's run off with my car / And gone back to her ma and pa / Tellin' tales of drunkenness and cruelty / Now I'm sittin' here / Sippin' at my ice cold beer / Lazin' on a sunny afternoon."
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21. "House of the Gods," The Pogues
From: Hell's Ditch (1990)
"Finally found a place they could never reach / Sipping Singha beer on Pattaya Beach / Singha beer don't ask no questions / Singha beer don't tell no lies."
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22. "There's a Tear in My Beer," Hank Williams
From: 1950-51 Sessions
"There's a tear in my beer / 'Cause I'm cryin' for you, dear / You are on my lonely mind / Into these last nine beers / I have shed a million tears / You are on my lonely mind."
23. "Cold Beer and Remote Control," Indigo Girls
From: Come On Now Social (1999)
"I try not to care I would lose my mind / Running 'round the same thing time after time / And only two things bound to soothe my soul / Cold beer and remote control."
24. "I Hardly Ever Sing Beer Drinking Songs," Johnny Cash
From: Look at Them Beans (1975)
"I hardly ever sing beer drinking songs / And when they play them cheatin' tunes I never sing along / I never ever sing the blues / I've forgotten born to lose / And I hardly ever sing beer drinking songs."
25. "All I Wanna Do," Sheryl Crow
From: Tuesday Night Music Club (1993)
"I like a good beer buzz early in the mornin' / And Billy likes to peel the labels from his bottles of Bud / He shreds them on the bar / Then he lights every match in an oversized pack / Letting each one burn down to his thick fingers / Before blowing and cursing them out / He's watching the bottles of Bud as they spin on the floor."
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“All I Wanna Do,” Sheryl Crow“ ??
“Beer Never Broke My Heart” – Luke Combs
“Watch the sun come up on Santa Monica boulevard”
Here’s my favorite from Cleveland’s own Frankie Yankovic:
Beer Barrel Polka
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fk7AeAk7Um8&list=RDfk7AeAk7Um8&start_radio=1
Is “I Get Knocked Down” by Chumbawumba on that list? (Sorry...it’s fine print on my current screen.)
99 Bottles of Beer on the Wall
99 bottles of beer on the wall
“It makes me a jolly good fellow”
Bottle of wine. The Fireballs.
Under the Anheuser Bush--Billy Murray (1904)
I'd Like to Find the Guy Who Wrote Stein Song--Johnny Johnson & His Orchestra (1930)
Homer Simpson - When i was Seventeen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptrmW51ed58
The Drunkard's Song (the straight version)--Rudy Vallee & His Connecticut Yankees (1934)
That’s cute.
I hate beer, but remember the fun we had, even as little kids, dancing around to this song and giggling.
Frankie Yankovic is related to Wierd Al Yankovic?
Drinking Song (Drink, Drink, Drink!)--Mario Lanza (1954)
For very good album about booze, Buster Poindexter’s “Buster’s Happy Hour”featuring such songs "Who Drank My Beer (While I Was in the Rear)?" “The Worst Beer That I Ever Had” “Breaking Up the House”
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