Get My Drink On
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"Get My Drink On" is a single by American country music
Country music
Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...

 singer Toby Keith
Toby Keith
Toby Keith Covel , best known as Toby Keith, is an American country music singer-songwriter, record producer and actor. Keith released his first four studio albums — 1993's Toby Keith, 1994's Boomtown, 1996's Blue Moon and 1997's Dream Walkin, plus a Greatest Hits package for various divisions of...

, co-written by him, Scotty Emerick
Scotty Emerick
Walter Scott "Scotty" Emerick is an American country music artist, known primarily for his work with Toby Keith. In addition to penning several of Keith's singles, Emerick has also written for Sawyer Brown, George Strait and several other artists...

 and Dean Dillon
Dean Dillon
Dean Dillon is an American country music artist. Between 1982 and 1993, Dillon recorded six studio albums on various labels, and charted several singles on the Billboard country charts. Although he has not charted since 1993, Dillon has continued to write several hit songs for other artists, most...

. It is the third single released from his CD Big Dog Daddy
Big Dog Daddy
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Content

The song describes a narrator whose lover has left him, so he decides to "get [his] drink on" (i. e., consume alcohol
Alcoholic beverage
An alcoholic beverage is a drink containing ethanol, commonly known as alcohol. Alcoholic beverages are divided into three general classes: beers, wines, and spirits. They are legally consumed in most countries, and over 100 countries have laws regulating their production, sale, and consumption...

 until he is intoxicated
Drunkenness
Alcohol intoxication is a physiological state that occurs when a person has a high level of ethanol in his or her blood....

). "Get My Drink On" is an up-tempo song with primarily spoken-word lyrics delivered at a rapid pace.

Reception

Kevin John Coyne, reviewing the song for Country Universe, gave it a A- rating. He called the song "one of the best up-tempo romps in a career that’s been long on them in recent years."

Peak positions

Chart (2007–2008) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs 11
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 88
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