Born with a Beer in My Hand
{{Infobox song
| name = Born with a Beer in My Hand
| type = song
| artist = Morgan Wallen
| album = One Thing at a Time
| released = March 3, 2023
| recorded =
| genre = Country
| length = 3:07
| label = * Big Loud
| writer = * Morgan Wallen
- Zach Abend
- Michael Hardy
| producer = Joey Moi
| misc = {{External music video|1={{YouTube|kEDD09hJQvM|"Born with a Beer in My Hand"}}|header=Lyric video|type=song}}
}}
"Born with a Beer in My Hand" is a song by American country music singer Morgan Wallen, released on March 3, 2023, from his third studio album, One Thing at a Time. The opening track to the album, it debuted at number 32 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart.{{Cite web |last=tolsen |date=2013-01-02 |title=Billboard Hot 100™ |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/2023-03-18/ |access-date=2025-02-04 |website=Billboard |language=en-US}}
Content
The opening track to his third studio album, One Thing at a Time, "Born with a Beer in My Hand" tells listeners that Wallen acknowledges his drinking history and is trying to moderate it, singing in the chorus, "I ain't sayin' I swore it off for good / I'm just sayin' I'm doin' the best I can".{{Cite web |title=Wiki - Born with a Beer in My Hand — Morgan Wallen |url=https://www.last.fm/music/Morgan+Wallen/_/Born+with+a+Beer+in+My+Hand/+wiki |access-date=2025-02-04 |website=Last.fm |language=en}} He goes on to say in the second verse that his drinking is an influence for his songs, singing "When I was puttin' 'em down, they put me through hell / Put some scars on some trucks, myself as well / But if I never did put that can to my mouth / I wouldn't have nothin' I could sing about".{{Citation |title=Morgan Wallen – Born With A Beer In My Hand |url=https://genius.com/Morgan-wallen-born-with-a-beer-in-my-hand-lyrics |access-date=2025-02-04}}
Critical reception
Billy Dukes of Taste of Country ranked the song at number sixteen on their list of One Thing at a Time{{'}}s best songs.{{Cite web |last=Dukes |first=Billy|date=2023-03-03 |title=Ranking Every Song on Morgan Wallen's 'One Thing at a Time' Album |url=https://tasteofcountry.com/morgan-wallen-one-thing-at-a-time-album-songs-ranked/ |access-date=2025-02-04 |website=Taste of Country |language=en}}
Commercial performance
"Born with a Beer in My Hand" debuted at number 32 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart. The song remained on the chart for another two weeks before falling off the chart after three weeks. It charted on the US Hot Country Songs chart for ten weeks, debuting and peaking at number 15.{{Cite web |last=devops |date=2013-01-02 |title=Hot Country Songs |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/country-songs/2023-03-18/ |access-date=2025-02-04 |website=Billboard |language=en-US}} It charted on the Billboard Global 200 chart for one week before falling off.{{Cite web |last=Cabral |first=R. J. |date=2020-09-15 |title=Billboard Global 200 |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-global-200/2023-03-18/ |access-date=2025-02-04 |website=Billboard |language=en-US}}
Charts
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ Chart performance for "Born with a Beer in my Hand" ! scope="col"| Chart (2023) ! scope="col"| Peak |
| {{single chart|Canada|26|artist=Morgan Wallen|rowheader=true|access-date=February 4, 2025}} |
| {{single chart|Billboardglobal200|65|artist=Morgan Wallen|rowheader=true|access-date=February 4, 2025}} |
| {{single chart|Billboardhot100|32|artist=Morgan Wallen|rowheader=true|access-date=February 4, 2025}} |
| {{single chart|Billboardcountrysongs|15|artist=Morgan Wallen|rowheader=true|access-date=February 4, 2025}} |