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{{Infobox song
| name       = Drunk Me
| cover      =
| alt        =
| type       = single
| artist     = [[Mitchell Tenpenny]]
| album      = [[Telling All My Secrets]]
| released   = {{Start date|2018|3|26}}
| recorded   =
| studio     =
| genre      = [[Country pop]]
| length     = {{Duration|m=3|s=33}}
| label      = Riser House/[[Columbia Records|Columbia Nashville]]
| writer     = {{hlist|Mitchell Tenpenny|[[Jordan Schmidt]]|Justin Wilson}}
| producer   = {{hlist|Mitchell Tenpenny|Jordan Schmidt}}
| prev_title = Love & Rock N' Roll
| prev_year  = 2015
| next_title = Alcohol You Later
| next_year  = 2019
| misc       = {{External music video|{{YouTube|BiA-7xHM8zc|"Drunk Me"}}
}}}}
"'''Drunk Me'''" is a song recorded by American [[country music]] singer [[Mitchell Tenpenny]]. It was released on March 26, 2018, by Riser House and [[Sony Music Nashville|Columbia Nashville]] as the debut single from his first studio album ''[[Telling All My Secrets]]'' (2018). Tenpenny and [[Jordan Schmidt]] wrote and produced the song, with Justin Wilson also serving as co-writer. The song is about a man trying to move away from a failed relationship by drinking alcohol. "Drunk Me" peaked at numbers two and six on both the ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Country Airplay]] and [[Hot Country Songs]] charts respectively. It also reached number 39 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|Hot 100]], giving Tenpenny his only top 40 hit to date. The song was certified 2× Platinum by the [[Recording Industry Association of America]] (RIAA), and has sold 210,000 copies as of April 2019. It achieved similar chart prominence in Canada, reaching number two on the [[Canada Country|Country]] chart and number 60 on the [[Canadian Hot 100]]. Despite not charting in Australia, it received a Gold certification from the [[Australian Recording Industry Association]] (ARIA), denoting sales of 35,000 units in that country. An accompanying music video for the single, directed by Justin Key, features Tenpenny in a flooded house.
==Content==
The song is a recollection of a male narrator's attempts to recover emotionally from a failed relationship, and doing so while drinking alcohol, claiming that "drunk me can't get over you." Tenpenny said that the rest of the song had mostly been written, but that he and his co-writers could not come up with a suitable hook until [[Jordan Schmidt]] got up to use the restroom and then returned with the phrase "drunk me".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tasteofcountry.com/mitchell-tenpenny-drunk-me-lyrics/|title=Lyrics Uncovered: Mitchell Tenpenny, 'Drunk Me'|last=Dukes|first=Billy|date=May 10, 2018|website=[[Taste of Country]]|access-date=October 2, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200902081930/https://tasteofcountry.com/mitchell-tenpenny-drunk-me-lyrics/|archive-date=September 2, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> He stated in an interview with [[iHeartRadio]] that "People say you go and drink them off your mind. I think that's not what happens...So the concept came around that idea. I quit drinking so I could finally get over you."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.iheart.com/content/2018-07-18-mitchell-tenpenny-tells-story-behind-drunk-me/|title=Mitchell Tenpenny Tells Story Behind 'Drunk Me'|last=Massey|first=Zack|work=iHeart.com|date=July 18, 2018|access-date=October 2, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210302090335/https://www.iheart.com/content/2018-07-18-mitchell-tenpenny-tells-story-behind-drunk-me/|archive-date=March 2, 2021|url-status=live}}</ref>
==Commercial performance==
"Drunk Me" is Tenpenny's first top ten hit on the ''Billboard'' [[Country Airplay]] chart,<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8482445/mitchell-tenpenny-drunk-me-no-9-country-airplay-chart|title=Mitchell Tenpenny Continues a Banner Year For Fresh Faces in the Country Airplay Chart's Top 10|first=Jim|last=Asker|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=October 30, 2018|access-date=January 19, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201030072900/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8482445/mitchell-tenpenny-drunk-me-no-9-country-airplay-chart|archive-date=October 30, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> and it reached number two on the chart dated December 15, 2018 with the biggest gain in airplay that week.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8489807/jimmie-allen-best-shot-longest-leading-debut-country-airplay|title=Jimmie Allen's 'Best Shot' Is Longest-Leading Debut Country Airplay No. 1 by a Solo Male Since 2001|first=Jim|last=Asker|magazine=Billboard|date=December 11, 2018|access-date=January 19, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210120041047/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8489807/jimmie-allen-best-shot-longest-leading-debut-country-airplay|archive-date=January 20, 2021|url-status=live}}</ref> It also peaked at number six on the [[Hot Country Songs]] chart the same week.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/country-songs/2018-12-15|title=Hot Country Songs: December 15, 2018|magazine=Billboard|access-date=January 19, 2019|url-access=subscription|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181214093614/https://www.billboard.com/charts/country-songs/2018-12-15|archive-date=December 14, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> On the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, it debuted at number 100 the week of August 11 before leaving the next week.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/2018-08-11|title=The Hot 100: August 11, 2018|magazine=Billboard|access-date=May 16, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201129034345/https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/2018-08-11|archive-date=November 29, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> It peaked at number 39 the week of January 12, 2019 before leaving completely, spending twenty-one weeks on that chart.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/2019-01-12|title=The Hot 100: January 12, 2019|magazine=Billboard|access-date=May 16, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112023303/https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/2019-01-12|archive-date=November 12, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="AC">{{cite web|url=https://acharts.co/song/115575|title=Drunk Me by Mitchell Tenpenny|publisher=aCharts.co|access-date=May 16, 2020}}</ref> On October 10, 2019, the song was certified double platinum by the RIAA for moving two million units in sales and streams,<ref name=RIAA /> and has sold 210,000 copies in the United States as of April 2019.<ref name=sales>{{cite news|url=http://roughstock.com/news/2019/04/43752-top-30-digital-country-tracks|title=Top 30 Digital Country Singles: April 8, 2019|work=Roughstock|first=Matt|last=Bjorke|date=April 8, 2019|access-date=May 16, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210125081931/http://roughstock.com/news/2019/04/43752-top-30-digital-country-tracks|archive-date=January 25, 2021|url-status=live}}</ref>
In Canada, the single debuted at number 95 on the Canadian Hot 100 the week of October 20, 2018.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/canadian-hot-100/2018-10-20|title=Canadian Hot 100: October 20, 2018|magazine=Billboard|access-date=May 16, 2020|url-access=subscription|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201028035729/https://www.billboard.com/charts/canadian-hot-100/2018-10-20|archive-date=October 28, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> Thirteen weeks later, it peaked at number 60 before leaving the chart three weeks afterwards.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/canadian-hot-100/2019-01-19|title=Canadian Hot 100: January 19, 2019|magazine=Billboard|access-date=May 16, 2020|url-access=subscription|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190415021002/https://www.billboard.com/charts/canadian-hot-100/2019-01-19|archive-date=April 15, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> It reappeared at number 100 the week of February 23 before leaving completely, remaining on the chart for eighteen weeks.<ref name="AC"/><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/canadian-hot-100/2019-02-23|title=Canadian Hot 100: February 23, 2019|magazine=Billboard|access-date=May 16, 2020|url-access=subscription|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210205102616/https://www.billboard.com/charts/canadian-hot-100/2019-02-23|archive-date=February 5, 2021|url-status=live}}</ref>
==Music video==
Justin Key directed the song's music video. It features Tenpenny inside a house that gets flooded, representing the "flood of emotions" that the song's narrator receives.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://theboot.com/mitchell-tenpenny-drunk-me-music-video-behind-the-scenes/|title=Mitchell Tenpenny Spent Plenty of Time in the Water Making 'Drunk Me' Music Video [Exclusive Video]|last=Stefano|first=Angela|date=May 23, 2018|website=The Boot|access-date=October 2, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190902093544/https://theboot.com/mitchell-tenpenny-drunk-me-music-video-behind-the-scenes/|archive-date=September 2, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>
==Live performance==
On August 2, 2018, Tenpenny performed "Drunk Me" on [[KTLA Morning News]] after being interviewed.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqbCYge94qE|title=Mitchell Tenpenny Performs "Drunk Me" Live on KTLA|author=KTLA 5|publisher=[[YouTube]]|date=August 2, 2018|access-date=May 30, 2020}}</ref>
==Charts==
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===Weekly charts===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
! Chart (2018–2019)
! Peak<br>position
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{{single chart|Canada|60|artist=Mitchell Tenpenny|rowheader=true|access-date=January 16, 2019}}
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{{single chart|Billboardcanadacountry|2|artist=Mitchell Tenpenny|rowheader=true|access-date=October 30, 2018}}
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{{single chart|Billboardhot100|39|artist=Mitchell Tenpenny|rowheader=true|access-date=January 8, 2019}}
|-
{{single chart|Billboardcountryairplay|2|artist=Mitchell Tenpenny|rowheader=true|access-date=December 11, 2018}}
|-
{{single chart|Billboardcountrysongs|6|artist=Mitchell Tenpenny|rowheader=true|access-date=December 11, 2018}}
|}
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===Year-end charts===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|-
! scope="col"| Chart (2018)
! scope="col"| Position
|-
! scope="row"| US Country Airplay (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Country Airplay – Year-End 2018|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2018/country-airplay-songs|magazine=Billboard|access-date=December 7, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210303063903/https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2018/country-airplay-songs|archive-date=March 3, 2021|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 49
|-
! scope="row"| US Hot Country Songs (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Hot Country Songs – Year-End 2018|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2018/hot-country-songs|magazine=Billboard|access-date=December 7, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210610001639/https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2018/hot-country-songs|archive-date=June 10, 2021|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 50
|-
! scope="col"| Chart (2019)
! scope="col"| Position
|-
! scope="row"| US Hot Country Songs (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Hot Country Songs – Year-End 2019|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2019/hot-country-songs|magazine=Billboard|access-date=December 6, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210428083423/https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2019/hot-country-songs|archive-date=April 28, 2021|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 57
|}
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==Certification==
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{{Certification Table Entry|region=Australia|type=single|artist=Mitchell Tenpenny|title=Drunk Me| award=Gold|relyear=2019|certyear=2020}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Canada|type=single|artist=Mitchell Tenpenny|title=Drunk Me|award=Platinum|number=2|relyear=2019|certyear=2020|access-date=8 October 2021}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|type=single|award=Platinum|number=2|artist=Mitchell Tenpenny|title=Drunk Me|relyear=2018|certyear=2019|salesamount=2,000,000{{sup|{{double dagger}}}} / 210,000|salesref=<ref name="sales"/> |refname=RIAA}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=true|streaming=true|noshipments=true}}
==References==
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{{Mitchell Tenpenny}}
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[[Category:2018 debut singles]]
[[Category:2018 songs]]
[[Category:Mitchell Tenpenny songs]]
[[Category:Songs written by Jordan Schmidt]]
[[Category:Songs written by Mitchell Tenpenny]]
[[Category:Columbia Nashville Records singles]]