A Bar Song (Tipsy)

Shaboozey released "A Bar Song (Tipsy)" on April 12, 2024. The song interpolates the clean version of J-Kwon's 2004 single "Tipsy".^[5] The song is about a narrator who is frustrated from hard work at his job, and takes out his frustrations by drinking alcohol at a bar and having fun.^[6][4][7] The song is in the key of A major and is in common time, with a tempo of 81 beats per minute. The chord progression includes F♯m–A–D–E.^[8][3]

There were also remixes released, from Swedish DJ Alesso and French DJ David Guetta.

The song received critical acclaim. Chris Molanphy of Slate wrote that "A Bar Song" "fuses the kid-friendly counting lyrics from J-Kwon's original rap hit ... with more adult concerns that reflect our current national malaise" and "is at once digitally savvy, culturally old-school, and as American as a trucker hat".^[9] Ashley Pointer of NPR described the song as having an "infectious hook encapsulating a rowdy energy made for celebrations and singalongs".^[10] NPR included it in its list of 124 Best Songs of 2024.^[10]

"A Bar Song (Tipsy)" was a number-one hit on Billboard's Hot Country Songs chart. As it succeeded Beyoncé's "Texas Hold 'Em" at the top, this was the first time in history that two black artists held the number-one position there in consecutive weeks.^[11] This song made Shaboozey the first male black artist to chart at number one on Billboard's Hot 100 and Hot Country Songs charts at the same time; Beyoncé had previously become the first black artist to do so with "Texas Hold 'Em".^[12] The song also made Shaboozey the first male black artist to chart at number one on Billboard's Hot Country Songs and Country Airplay charts at the same time. In addition, it spent seven weeks at number one on the latter chart, surpassing the record for the longest-running number one debut single previously set by Carrie Underwood's "Jesus, Take the Wheel", which spent six weeks at the top in January–February 2006.^[13] The song spent 25 non-consecutive weeks at number one on the Canadian Hot 100, breaking the record for the longest-running number-one hit ever on the chart set by "Old Town Road" by Lil Nas X featuring Billy Ray Cyrus in 2019.^[14][15] On the Billboard Hot 100, it became the longest-running number one song in the chart's history, tying the record set five years earlier by "Old Town Road".^[16] It was named the top single of 2024 by RIAA.^[17]

"A Bar Song (Tipsy)" was a top-ten hit in several international markets. For two Billboard tracking years^[a] in a row, the song was the best-performing entry on the Canadian Hot 100.^[18][19] In Sweden, "A Bar Song (Tipsy)" had two six-week periods at number one, separated apart by three weeks, totaling to 12 non-consecutive weeks.^[20] It also had five consecutive weeks at the top spot in Australia,^[21] three non-consecutive in Flanders and Norway each,^[22][23] and one in Ireland.^[24] In the UK, the song spent eight non-consecutive weeks at number three on the UK Singles Chart. It was the most sold song in the country for four non-consecutive weeks, in particular being the most-downloaded of five, and the second most-streamed for one.^[24] It also spent 39 non-consecutive weeks at number one on the country's Independent Singles Chart, starting in May 2024 and well into March 2025.^[24]

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