"Hold My Beer" | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Single by Aaron Pritchett | ||||
from the album Big Wheel | ||||
Released | 2006 | |||
Genre | ||||
Length | 4:10 | |||
Label |
| |||
Songwriter(s) |
| |||
Aaron Pritchett singles chronology | ||||
| ||||
Music video | ||||
"Hold My Beer" on YouTube |
"Hold My Beer" is a song recorded by Canadian country music artist Aaron Pritchett. The song was the second single off his fourth studio album Big Wheel. Pritchett co-wrote the song with Deric Ruttan and Mitch Merrett.[1] The three writers won "Songwriter(s) of the Year" at the 2007 Canadian Country Music Awards for the song.[2]
Pritchett and his co-writers were in a songwriting session when he uttered the phrase "hold my beer", which he stated "just popped into" his head.[3] They wrote the song as "a joke", not initially intending to record it.[4] Neither Pritchett nor his co-writers expected the song to achieve any success.[5]
The primary lyrics of the chorus are "Hold my beer, while I kiss your girlfriend. 'Cause she needs a real man / Not a boy like you".[3] Years after the song's release, Pritchett remarked that it is like a "nursery rhyme, an earworm," as "it gets stuck in your head and you never forget it".[3]
Year | Award | Category | Result | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|
2006 | British Columbia Country Music Association | Video of the Year | Won | [6] |
2007 | Canadian Country Music Association | SOCAN Songwriter(s) of the Year | Won | [7] |
"Hold My Beer" reached a peak of number nine on the Billboard Canada Country chart dated August 26, 2006, marking Pritchett's fourth top ten hit.[8] The song peaked after only six weeks on the chart, while it charted for 22 weeks in total.[8] On August 24, 2017, the song became Pritchett's first single to be certified Gold by Music Canada.[9]
The official music video for "Hold My Beer" was directed by Stephano Barberis, and features footage of Pritchett performing the song, in addition to showing several actors portraying a scene at a bar.[6][10]
Chart (2006) | Peak position |
---|---|
Canada Country (Billboard)[8] | 9 |
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
---|---|---|
Canada (Music Canada)[9] | Gold | 40,000‡ |
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. |