How Many Drinks?
# How Many Drinks?

"How Many Drinks?" is a song by American recording artist Miguel, taken from his critically acclaimed second studio album, Kaleidoscope Dream. The song was produced by Salaam Remi. A remixed single featuring Kendrick Lamar on an added third verse was released as the album's third single on March 3, 2013. It received a nomination for Best R&B Performance at the 56th Grammy Awards held in January 2014. The chorus melody samples the O'Donel Levy instrumental cover of The Carpenters song We've Only Just Begun.

## Music video

The music video, directed by Clark Jackson, was released on April 22, 2013 on VEVO.

## Chart performance

The song debuted at 88 on the Billboard Hot 100 on week ending May 4, 2013. It has since peaked at #69 on the week of July 20, 2013, and spent a total of 20 weeks on the chart.

| Chart (2013–14) | Peak position |
| - | - |
| US Billboard Hot 100 | 69 |
| US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard) | 24 |
| US R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay (Billboard) | 3 |
| US Adult R&B Songs (Billboard) | 19 |
| US Rhythmic (Billboard) | 31 |

## Certifications

| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
| - | - | - |
| Australia (ARIA) | Gold | $35,000^‡$ |
| United States (RIAA) | Platinum | $1,000,000^‡$ |
| $^‡$ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. |||
