"Drink About Me" is a song recorded by Canadian

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for his eighth studio album '' Now or Never''. The song was written by Ben Stennis and Matt Rogers, while Kissel co-produced the track with Jacob Durrett. The track was Kissel's first release to the American country radio format. "Drink About Me" was nominated for Single of the Year at the

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Background

Kissel remarked that Jeff Long of Go Long Entertainment was the first to show him "Drink About Me". He then told Long "If you can talk to the songwriters and publishers and have me cut it, I'll do it". Two months later, Kissel was playing at the

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when he invited the writer of the song, Matt Rogers on stage. Rogers then sang the song live and Kissel told him "if you give me permission to cut this song ... I promise you I will place it as my first single" regarding his then- upcoming album. Kissel said "When you hear this song, I hope you’ll reminisce about your best days. Happiest times. First kiss. Longest kiss. Warmest embrace. Let this song surround you. And let these memories come flooding back".

Critical reception

''Front Porch Music'' referred to the track as "an emotional single that humbles us all".

Accolades

Commercial performance

"Drink About Me" reached a peak of Number One on the ''Billboard''

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chart dated January 25, 2020. It marks Kissel's second Number One hit on the chart after " Airwaves". It also peaked at number 61 on the ''Billboard''

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, his first single to chart there since " I Didn't Fall in Love with Your Hair" in 2016. The song was certified Platinum by

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on June 8, 2021, with over 80,000 sales. As of June 2021, it has received over 15 million streams through

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Music video

The official music video for "Drink About Me" was directed by Blake McWilliam and premiered September 7, 2019. It features ''

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and her partner Jason Tartick and was filmed on

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. The video was nominated for Video of the Year at the 2020

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References

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