"Drinking Champagne" is a song written by Bill Mack. He released the first version of the song on Pike Records in the mid-sixties. The song grabbed nationwide attention when the version by Cal Smith reached #35 on the country music charts in 1968. The tune also was a local hit in the late sixties by Hawaii's Myra English. Jerry Lee Lewis released a version of the song on his 1973 album, Live at the International. 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.

Chart performance

Cal Smith

George Strait

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Other recordings