"Drinking Class" is a song written by

Josh Kear Josh Kear is a multi-Grammy Award winning songwriter based in Nashville, Tennessee. In 2007, Kear co-wrote Carrie Underwood's hit " Before He Cheats" with Chris Tompkins. The song dominated the US Hot Country Songs chart for five weeks and earned ...

, David Frasier and

Ed Hill Edward Monroe Hill (born in Hanford, California) is an American country music songwriter. Hill has been active since the early 1970s. Hill plays piano and keyboard and has backed Merle Haggard and Kris Kristofferson.

and recorded by American

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artist

Lee Brice Kenneth Mobley Brice Jr. (born June 10, 1979), known professionally as Lee Brice, is an American country music singer and songwriter, signed to Curb Records. Brice has released five albums with the label: ''Love Like Crazy'', ''Hard 2 Love (Lee B ...

. It was released in September 2014 as the second single from his third studio album, '' I Don't Dance''.

Critical reception

Billy Dukes of ''

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'' gave the song a favorable review, calling it "Brice's finest moment" and "a song that can't be ignored." Dukes also wrote that "there's not a hardworking American who won't relate to this song on some level."

Music video

The music video was directed by Ryan Smith and premiered in November 2014.

Commercial performance

"Drinking Class" debuted at number 48 on the US ''

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chart for the week of September 13, 2014. It also debuted at number 44 on

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for the week of August 30, 2014. As of May 2015, the song has sold 742,000 copies in the United States. Sales figure give
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/ref> In December 2015, it was declared the number one song of the year on the ''Billboard'' Country Airplay chart, making it the third song in that chart's history to do so without placing at number one at any point during the year; it peaked at number 2. On October 18, 2017, the song was certified platinum by the

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Charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

References

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