"Drinking from the Bottle" is a song by Scottish DJ and record producer Calvin Harris from his third studio album, ''

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''. The song features British rapper

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. The song was released as a single on 27 January 2013. It has peaked at number five on the

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Music video

A lyric video to accompany the release of "Drinking from the Bottle" was first released onto

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on 2 December 2012 at a total length of four minutes and one second. The official video was uploaded to Harris's YouTube's account on 21 December, after being filmed in the first week of December 2012. The video opens with actor

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, as The Devil, speaking to his friend "Patrick" (Vader Vader) lead singer, Pat-Ric (McCaffery) Nasty, who is dressed as a wizard), talking about how he had sex with

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in 1430, just a few months before her

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. The rest of the video features Harris and Tempah in a dark room with scantily-clad women, with Harris sitting inside a car and Tempah outside it. There are also scenes of drinking, drugs, violence, arson, sex, twerking and nudity, as well as Harris and Tempah meeting up with the devil. The video was accompanied by a parental advisory explicit content sign for extremely sexually explicit content and some strong language.

Critical reception

Robert Copsey of '' Digital Spy'' gave the song three out of five stars and wrote, "With lyrics about necking booze from buckets with sparklers, name-checking Rihanna, the Kardashians and, erm,

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as well as a ravey breakdown that you could set your watch to, they've ticked all the necessary boxes for an easy chart hit. 'I know this crazy life can be a bitter pill to swallow,' he continues, prompting our weary response: 'Go on then, one last time won't hurt us... right?'."

Live performances

Harris and Tempah gave their first live performance of "Drinking from the Bottle" on ''

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Track listing

Personnel

* Lead vocals – Patrick Okogwu *

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– Calvin Harris,

* Producers – Calvin Harris, James F. Reynolds, Mark Knight

Charts and certifications

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

References

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