Billy Dukes of Taste of Country gave the song four stars out of five, writing that it is "full of color and landscape that allow a listener to feel what [Bryan is] singing" and "has the potential to age like fine wine."[2] Kevin John Coyne of Country Universe gave the song an A grade, saying that "it doesn't sound like a love scene being forced out into the country for genre purposes, so much as a love scene that just happens to be taking place in the country" while adding that Bryan is "helping [country music] age with dignity and a sense of humor."[3] Matt Bjorke of Roughstock gave the song a mixed review, calling the lyrics "downright cheesy in places" but went on to say that it is "certainly something the college-age fans will downright love and relate to as they live in the moment."[4]
Music video
The music video was directed by
Shaun Silva and premiered on March 23, 2012. It is the sequel to his "
I Don't Want This Night to End" video, in which Bryan's character secures a ticket for the co-star of the previous installment despite his stage manager (Silva)'s skepticism.
Cameron Richardson also returns as Bryan's Long Lost Fling.[5]
Chart performance
"Drunk on You" debuted at number 57 on the U.S. BillboardHot Country Songs chart for the week of February 25, 2012.[6] The song became Bryan's first BillboardHot 100 chart top 20 hit when it rose to number 16 for the week of June 16, 2012, and his fifth number-one single on the Hot Country Songs chart for the week of July 7, 2012. The song sold 2,089,000 copies in 2012, the third best-selling country music song of the year.[7] It reached its three million sales mark in the U.S. in May 2015.[8] The song has sold 3,040,000 copies as of August 2015.[9]
