Drinking Champagne
# Drinking Champagne

"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

| Chart (1968) | Peak position |
| - | - |
| US Hot Country Songs (Billboard) | 35 |

### George Strait

| Chart (1990) | Peak position |
| - | - |
| Canada Country Tracks (RPM) | 3 |
| US Hot Country Songs (Billboard) | 4 |

**Year-end charts**

| Chart (1990) | Position |
| - | - |
| Canada Country Tracks (RPM) | 35 |
| US Country Songs (Billboard) | 72 |

## Other recordings

* Bill Mack 1967,
* Billy Walker 1968,
* Faron Young 1969,
* Ray Price 1969
* Jimmy Dallas (e.g. Keith Kissee) 1972
* Jim Ed Brown 1973
* Don Gibson 1973
* Mickey Gilley 1975,
* Dean Martin 1983
* Willie Nelson 2010
