Beer in Mexico (song)

2007 single by Kenny Chesney

"Beer in Mexico"

The song's lyrics

Single by Kenny Chesney
from the album  The Road and the Radio
Released| January 8, 2007
Recorded| 2005
Genre| Country
Length| 4:33 (album version)
3:44 (radio version)
Label| BNA
Songwriter(s)| Kenny Chesney
Producer(s)| Buddy Cannon
Kenny Chesney
Kenny Chesney singles chronology
| "You Save Me"
(2006)  | "Beer in Mexico"
(2007)  | "Never Wanted Nothing More"
(2007)

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"Beer In Mexico" is a song written and recorded by American country music artist Kenny Chesney. It was released in January 2007 as the fifth and final single from his 2005 album The Road and the Radio. The song reached number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, and is the first single solely written by Chesney to top the chart.

## Background and writing

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The liner notes for The Road and the Radio state that Chesney wrote the song while vacationing in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico for Sammy Hagar's birthday party.

## Content

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This song talks about a guy who is at the "crossroads in [his] life" and doesn't know what decisions to make, so he decides to relax and have a “beer in Mexico.”

## Critical reception

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Kevin John Coyne of Country Universe gave the song a B+ grade, saying that it "is a cool, loud record" and that "[t]here’s almost too much going on, but just almost" and concluding with "[how] radio will be all over the song".[1] Dan Milliken of Country Universe rated the song number 108 on his list of the 201 Greatest Singles of the Decade. He stated that the song "was such a perfect encapsulation of Kenny Chesney’s musical identity from this decade that you could skip over most of the rest of his work and still get the basic idea."[2]

## Chart positions

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"Beer in Mexico" debuted at number 60 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart for the week of November 19, 2005 as an album cut. It re-entered Hot Country Songs at number 51 for the week of January 6, 2007.

Chart (2007)  | Peak
position

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US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[3] | 1
US Billboard Hot 100[4] | 61
Canada Country (Billboard)[5] | 1

### Year-end charts

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Chart (2007)  | Position

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US Country Songs (Billboard)[6] | 24

## Certifications

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Certifications for Beer in Mexico Region  | Certification | Certified units/sales

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United States (RIAA)[7] | Platinum  | 1,000,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

## Other version

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Mexican singer Thalía recorded a Castilian version of the song for her 2014 studio album Amore Mío.[8]

## References

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1. ^ Coyne, Kevin John (2007-01-15). "Kenny Chesney - "Beer in Mexico"". Country Universe. Retrieved 2010-06-17.
2. ^ Milliken, Dan (2009-12-18). "Country Universe – A Country Music Blog » The 201 Greatest Singles of the Decade, Part 5: #120-#101". Countryuniverse.net. Retrieved 2012-01-15.
3. ^ "Kenny Chesney Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
4. ^ "Kenny Chesney Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
5. ^ "Kenny Chesney Chart History (Canada Country)". Billboard.
6. ^ "Best of 2007: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 2007. Retrieved July 11, 2012.
7. ^ "American single certifications – Kenny Chesney – Beer in Mexico". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved August 12, 2022.
8. ^ Thalía retoma faceta provocativa en nuevo álbum

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Kenny Chesney 1993–2009 singles

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In My Wildest Dreams|

* "The Tin Man"

All I Need to Know|

* "Fall in Love"
* "All I Need to Know"
* "Grandpa Told Me So"

Me and You|

* "Me and You"
* "When I Close My Eyes"

I Will Stand|

* "She's Got It All"
* "A Chance"
* "That's Why I'm Here"
* "I Will Stand"

Everywhere We Go|

* "How Forever Feels"
* "You Had Me from Hello"
* "She Thinks My Tractor's Sexy"
* "What I Need to Do"

Greatest Hits|

* "I Lost It"
* "Don't Happen Twice"
* "The Tin Man"

No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems|

* "Young"
* "The Good Stuff"
* "A Lot of Things Different"
* "Big Star"
* "No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems"

When the Sun Goes Down|

* "There Goes My Life"
* "When the Sun Goes Down"
* "I Go Back"
* "The Woman with You"
* "Anything but Mine"
* "Keg in the Closet"

The Road and the Radio|

* "Who You'd Be Today"
* "Living in Fast Forward"
* "Summertime"
* "You Save Me"
* "Beer in Mexico"

Just Who I Am: Poets & Pirates|

* "Never Wanted Nothing More"
* "Don't Blink"
* "Shiftwork"
* "Better as a Memory"

Lucky Old Sun|

* "Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven"
* "Down the Road"

Greatest Hits II|

* "Out Last Night"
* "I'm Alive"
* "Ain't Back Yet"

Other songs|

* "Back Where I Come From"
* "Baptism"
* "Some People Change"
* "Hey, Good Lookin'"
* "Find Out Who Your Friends Are"
* "Every Other Weekend"

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