Me & A Beer by Chris Janson

Album: Wild Horses (2025)

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"Me & A Beer" is Chris Janson's contribution to the long and noble tradition of country songs that suggest, with varying degrees of seriousness, that a cold one can solve most of life's pressing problems. In this case, Janson proposes that "me and a beer" can handle anything from striking up a conversation with a pretty girl to tackling a hard day's work.
The idea for the song came from home. Janson's wife suggested he should revisit the same breezy, feel-good territory he mined so successfully on "Fix a Drink" and "Good Vibes." According to Janson, though, writing these carefree anthems is anything but easy. "I can write you a heartfelt love song - 10 of them, now," he told Taste of Country Nights. "But I can't write a 'Me & A Beer' every day."

Finding the right rhyme and rhythm for something this deceptively simple takes far more effort than wringing out heartache. He had some help this time from Nashville hitmakers Andy Sheridan, Ashley Gorley, and Taylor Phillips.
Janson's drummer, Josh Daubin, directed the video for "Me & A Beer," continuing their homegrown creative partnership. Daubin also handled the videos for "All I Need Is You" and "Tap That" in 2023 and "Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get" in 2024. The visuals lean into summer party vibes: all sunshine, camaraderie, and the kind of good-natured bravado that a cold beer can inspire.
Released on April 25, 2025, "Me & A Beer" served as the lead single from his album Wild Horses and marks Janson's return to Warner Music Nashville in partnership with his own Harpeth 60 Records after a brief run with Big Machine.
For years, fans assumed Janson was entirely sober, but as he put it, "I may have said 'sober' once in my life." In reality, he gave up hard partying when he got married and became a stepdad. It wasn't because of addiction, but because he didn't want to be "the party guy anymore."

He admits to enjoying the occasional drink and, more often, a cigar. Indeed, cigars were practically part of the production process: the band recorded the entire Wild Horses album in a cabin-studio on his property, one track at a time, lighting up and keeping it "old school."

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