Beautiful Drug

In his review of the album, Carl Wilson of Billboard gave the song a mixed review, saying that "The "beware who enter" sign is hung by the opener, "Beautiful Drug," which doesn't just flirt with top 40 EDM but checks it into a cheap motel for a quickie. The affair is brisk and forgettable, and soon gives way to more comfy MOR and gospel-rock cuts, but notice has been served."{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/review/6546230/zac-brown-band-jekyll-and-hyde-album-review|title=Album Review: Zac Brown Band Captures Its Onstage Madness With 'Jekyll + Hyde'|last=Wilson|first=Carl|date=28 April 2015|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=5 September 2015}} A review from Taste of Country was favorable, saying that "it's the most left-of-center single Zac Brown Band have ever released, which translates to their biggest risk. One gets a sense that this band is pretty comfortable at the edges of the format. It's the secret all but the most casual fan was aware of already anyway" and "Not all will [love it], as ZBB employ more effects than ever. But the song's relentless energy will convert most quickly."{{cite web|url=http://tasteofcountry.com/zac-brown-band-beautiful-drug/|title=Zac Brown Band, 'Beautiful Drug' [Listen]|date=September 8, 2015|work=Taste of Country|accessdate=26 November 2015}}

The song first entered the Hot Country Songs chart on the album release at No. 45 for chart dated May 16, 2015, selling 5,400 copies.{{cite web |url=http://roughstock.com/news/2015/05/34849-country-musics-top-30-digital-singles-week-may-6-2015 |title=Country Music's Top 30 Digital Singles: Week of May 6, 2015|author= Matt Bjorke |date= May 6, 2015|work=Roughstock }} It debuted on the Country Airplay chart at No. 54 for chart dated September 26, 2015, Billboard Hot 100 at No. 95 for chart dated November 21, 2015, and re-entered the Hot Country Songs chart at No. 48 on October 10, 2015. The band performed the song at the 2015 CMA Awards on November 4, 2015,{{cite magazine |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/country/6753086/zac-brown-band-beautiful-drug-2015-cma-awards |title=Zac Brown Band Performs 'Beautiful Drug' at the 2015 CMA Awards|date=November 4, 2015 |author= Adelle Platon|magazine=Billboard }} which prompted 21,000 downloads for the week,{{cite news |url=http://roughstock.com/news/2015/11/39323-top-30-digital-singles-november-9-2015 |title=Top 30 Digital Singles: November 9, 2015|author= Matt Bjorke|date= November 9, 2015|work=Roughstock }} and the song then debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 at No. 95. The song has sold 412,000 copies in the US as of May 2016.{{cite news |url=http://roughstock.com/news/2016/05/40235-top-30-digital-singles-report-may-5-2016 |title=Top 30 Digital Singles Report: May 5, 2016|first= Matt |last=Bjorke |date=May 5, 2016 |work=Roughstock }}

From Jekyll + Hyde liner notes.{{Cite AV media notes |title=Jekyll + Hyde |others=Zac Brown Band |year=2015 |type=CD booklet |publisher=John Varvatos/BMLG/Southern Ground/Republic |id=B0022962-02}}

• Coy Bowles – electric guitar
• Zac Brown – lead vocals, acoustic guitar, banjo, programming
• Clay Cook – background vocals, electric guitar
• Jimmy DeMartini – background vocals, violin
• Chris Fryar – drums
• John Driskell Hopkins – background vocals, baritone guitar
• Matt Mangano – bass guitar, acoustic guitar
• Niko Moon – background vocals
• Daniel de los Reyes – percussion
• Ben Simonetti – programming

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| name = Beautiful Drug

| type = remix single

| artist = Avicii & Zac Brown Band

| released = {{Start date|2024|02|16}}

| recorded = 2015
(Original version)

• 2016
  (Avicii's arrangement)

| genre = Folktronica, Pop rock tropical house

| length = {{Duration|m=2|s=44}}

| label = No Reserve

| producer = Avicii

| chronology = Avicii

| prev_title = Forever Yours (Tribute)

| prev_year = 2020

| next_title = Forever Yours (Tim's 2016 Ibiza Version)

| next_year = 2025

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In February 2024, vocalist Zac Brown announced the release of DJ Avicii remix of the song "Beautiful Drug."{{Cite web |last=Heffler |first=Jason |date=2024-02-16 |title=A Never-Before-Heard Remix by Avicii Has Been Released by Zac Brown Band: Listen |url=https://edm.com/music-releases/avicii-never-before-heard-remix-released-zac-brown-band |access-date=2025-01-06 |website=EDM.com - The Latest Electronic Dance Music News, Reviews & Artists |language=en}}

Zac Brown and Avicii had previously collaborated on the track "Broken Arrows" for Avicii Stories album. In return for this collaboration, Avicii promised to remix one of Zac Brown's songs, ultimately choosing "Beautiful Drug." Zac revealed that the song "had been locked away in the vault for a long time." Avicii worked on the remix between 2016 and 2017, but it was never released by the DJ himself. Instead, it was posthumously made available by Zac Brown.{{Cite web |date=2024-02-16 |title=Unreleased Avicii remix, 'Beautiful Drug', shared for the first time: Listen |url=https://djmag.com/news/unreleased-avicii-remix-beautiful-drug-shared-first-time-listen |access-date=2025-01-06 |website=DJ Mag |language=en}}

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