| "Whiskey Glasses" | ||||
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| Single byMorgan Wallen | ||||
| from the albumIf I Know Me | ||||
| Released | July 30, 2018 (2018-07-30) | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 3:54 | |||
| Label | Big Loud | |||
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| Producer(s) | Joey Moi | |||
| Morgan Wallen singles chronology | ||||
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| "Whiskey Glasses" onYouTube | ||||
"Whiskey Glasses" is a song written by Ben Burgess andKevin Kadish, and recorded by Americancountry music singerMorgan Wallen. It was first included on his 2016 EPThe Way I Talk,[2] and was released as the third single from his 2018 studio album,If I Know Me.
The song was written by Kevin Kadish and Ben Burgess in 2015. Burgess had an idea about writing a song about whiskey glasses in a song-writing session with Kadish. He liked the idea, and came up with the line "I'mma need some whiskey glasses, 'cause I don't wanna see the truth". They decided that the theme should be about someone who turned to drink because of a bad break-up. Burgess then remembered his father who used to say after he had too much to drink: "Poor Pappy ... oh, pour your Pappy a drink", which became the start of the song as "Poor me, pour me another drink".[3]
The song waspitched to Wallen who then recorded the song with producerJoey Moi. It was first released in the summer of 2018, but only became a hit in 2019.[3]
"Whiskey Glasses" reached No. 1 onBillboardCountry Airplay chart dated June 8, 2019, after topping theHot Country Songs chart.[4] The song was certified 9× Platinum by the RIAA on November 3, 2023.[5] It has sold 391,000 copies in the United States as of March 2020.[6]
The music video for "Whiskey Glasses" was directed by Justin Clough and was premiered in October 2018.[7] In it, Wallen exhibited as someone who was trying to mend his broken heart through drinking after his girlfriend dumped him, before eventually went to a bar with his friends (includingHardy) and performed a live version of the song.
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| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| Canada (Music Canada)[20] | Diamond | 800,000‡ |
| New Zealand (RMNZ)[21] | Platinum | 30,000‡ |
| United Kingdom (BPI)[22] | Silver | 200,000‡ |
| United States (RIAA)[5] | 9× Platinum | 9,000,000‡ |
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. | ||
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