Cheers to International Beer Day! Here Are the 13 Best Songs About Crackin’ Open a Cold One (Staff Picks)

Bottom's up! 8/5/2026 Toby Keith performs during the Oklahoma Twister Relief Concert to benefit United Way of Central Oklahoma May Tornadoes Relief Fund at Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium on July 6, 2013, in Norman, Okla. Rick Diamond/Getty Images for Shock Ink They say that music is the universal language, but so, you could argue, is beer. From IPAs to stout, pale ales, pilsner, porter, dark lagers, sours and more, just about everywhere in the world has its signature type of brew. There’s also hardly a country on Earth where you can’t pull up to a local bar, pub, dive or tavern and put your differences aside to enjoy a nice pint with whoever’s sitting on the stool next to you — regardless of whether it’s “cheers,” “sláinte,” “salud,” “cin-cin” or “kanpai” that you’re saying before it goes down the hatch. That’s exactly why the global calendar features a very special holiday each year: International Beer Day, which in 2026 is taking place on Friday (Aug. 7). It’s the perfect date to gather some friends and celebrate over your beer — and receptacle, whether it’s a plastic cup, glass, bottle, can or funnel — of choice. Of course, you’re also going to want to have some good music going as well to complete the experience, and that’s where Billboard has you covered. Humanity’s love of brewskis has fostered a number of songs dedicated in some way, shape or form to the ritual of cracking open a cold one, and we’ve curated 13 of the best ones to froth up your playlists. From classic drinking songs like the aptly named “Beer, Beer, Beer” to modern country smashes such as Luke Combs’ “Beer Never Broke My Heart” (which, by the way, is the Billboard Hot 100‘s highest peaking track with “beer” in the title to date at No. 21) see our top beer song selections below. Beastie Boys, “Paul Revere” Release year: 1986 Frothiest lyric: “Now what do we have here, an outlaw and his beer?” Listen here. Beck, “Beercan” Image Credit: Beck/YouTube Release year: 1994 Frothiest lyric: “We went down, lit up the shack, grabbed me a beer out of the sack.” Listen above. Bessie Smith, “Gimme a Pigfoot” Release year: 1930s Frothiest lyric: “Gimme a pigfoot and a bottle of beer.” Listen here. Clancy Brothers, “Beer, Beer, Beer” Release year: 1970 Frothiest lyric: “Lord bless Charlie Mops, the man who invented beer, beer, beer.” Listen here. Clean Living, “In Heaven There Is No Beer” Release year: 1972 Frothiest lyric: “And when we’re gone from here/ Well, our friends will be drinking all the beer.” Listen here. Dierks Bentley, BRELAND & HARDY, “Beers on Me” Image Credit: UMG/YouTube Release year: 2021 Frothiest lyric: “Locals on tap and bottles on ice/ Livin’ on feel-good standard time.” Listen above. Ed Sheeran, “Drunk” Release year: 2011 Frothiest lyric: “Open bottles of beer but never champagne.” Listen here. Hank Williams Jr., “There’s a Tear in My Beer” Release year: 1988 Frothiest lyric: “Into these last nine beers/ I have shed a million tears.” Listen here. Luke Combs, “Beer Never Broke My Heart” Release year: 2019 Frothiest lyric: “It takes one hand/ To count the things I can count on/ But I got one hand/ It’s gripping down on a cold one.” Listen here. Morgan Wallen, “Born With a Beer in My Hand” Release year: 2023 Frothiest lyric: “What do you expect from a redneck/ Hell, I was born with a beer in my hand.” Listen here. The Replacements, “Beer for Breakfast” Release year: 1997 Frothiest lyric: “All I wanna do is drink beer for breakfast/ All I wanna eat is them barbecue chips.” Listen here. Toby Keith, “Red Solo Cup” Image Credit: Toby Keith/YouTube Release year: 2011 Frothiest lyric: “Now, I really love how you’re easy to stack/ But I really hate how you’re easy to crack/ ‘Cause when beer runs down the front of my back/ Well that, my friends, is quite yucky.” Listen above. ZZ Top, “Beer Drinkers and Hell Raisers” Release year: 1973 Frothiest lyric: “Beer drinkers and hell raisers, yeah/ Baby, don’t you want to come with me?” Listen here. Get weekly rundowns straight to your inbox Sign Up