Drinking Champagne

"Drinking Champagne"
Single by Cal Smith
from the album Drinking Champagne
B-side	"Honky Tonk Blues"[1]
Released	September 1968
Format	7" single
Genre	Country
Length	2:40
Label	Kapp
Writer(s)	Bill Mack
Producer	Paul Cohen
Cal Smith singles chronology
"Jacksonville" (1968) "Drinking Champagne" (1968) "Empty Arms" (1969)

"Drinking Champagne"
Single by George Strait
from the album Livin' It Up
B-side	"We're Supposed to Do That Now and Then"
Released	July 20, 1990
Genre	Country
Length	3:35
Label	MCA 79070
Producer	Jimmy Bowen George Strait
George Strait singles chronology
"Love Without End, Amen" (1990) "Drinking Champagne" (1990) "I've Come to Expect It from You" (1990)

"Drinking Champagne" is a song written by Bill Mack which has been recorded by two artists. The first version, by Cal Smith, reached #35 on the country music charts in 1968.^[1]

It was covered in 1990 by George Strait, whose version was the second single from his album Livin' It Up. The song reached #4 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in October 1990.^[2]

Chart performance

Cal Smith

Chart (1968)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles	35

George Strait

Chart (1990)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks	4
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	3

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 385. ISBN 0-89820-177-2. 
2. ^ Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks