and Screw, as the chorus goes, was released off the cleverly titled White Sport Coat and a Pink Crustacean. Why Don’t We Get Drunk (Marvin Gardens) Jimmy Buffet (1973) Why Don‘t We Get Drunk. Drunk Drivers Against Mad Mothers (Jeff Hanneman) Slayer (1996) Core-punk oddity from this thrash metal band written in the early years when guitarist and songwriter Jeff Hanneman planned on using the song for a side project. Reed’s career and life is sometimes hard to define. The Power of Positive Drinking (Michael Fonfara, Lou Reed) Lou Reed (1980) Amusing neo-reggae shuffle and personal confession in Reed’s trademark detached, monotone voice, released a year before he went on the wagon. The Solution in the title refers to a liquid and not an answer to a problem, and apparently includes a hidden message to get the gun and try it. Suicide Solution (Osbourne, Rhoads, Daisley, Kerslake) Ozzie Osbourne (1986) Heavy metal rocker supposedly anti-alcohol (He’s back on the sauce-Ed.). Tubthumping (Chumbawamba) Chumbawamba (1997) Brit-pop hit condemned by England’s agency for alcohol misuse for celebrating the joys of drinking and pissin’ the night away. What the 50’s vocal group The Coasters would be today: Let’s get drunk-and throw up in the car. Let’s Get Drunk (E-40 aka Earl Stevens) The Click (1995) Vintage West Coast G-funk hip-hop straight with no chaser from California. Early on critics accused The Damned of speeding up their studio tapes, because that was the only way a band could play so fast and furious. ![]() ![]() Drinking About My Baby (The Damned) The Damned (1980) Revved up garage-punk favorite. Barroom Hero (Ken Casey) The Dropkick Murphys (1997) “This one goes out to the Boston punks and skins, a rowdy bunch indeed.” A bagpipe intro precedes a house blend of hard core and traditional Irish jams by this Oi! band. Thanks goes out to the people from the Drunk Think Tank for their many suggestions. ![]() Ranking is based on longevity, popularity, originality and controversy. This list was selected from over 5,000 songs about alcohol.
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