Drunk (And I Don't Wanna Go Home)

## Alternative Artwork

White Wine Remix

"**Drunk (And I Don't Wanna Go Home)**" is a single released by country music artist Carrie Underwood and legacy pop act Gwen Stefani. A cover of the Elle King and Miranda Lambert classic, "Drunk" was released on April 22, 2022 as Underwood's first official single distributed by RCA Records. It acts as the lead single for Underwood's third cover album *Classic Country 3*.

## Background

At the end of 2021, Underwood's former label Capitol Records closed indefinitely, and Underwood was transferred to RCA on a permanent contract. Wanting to showcase her devotion to her newest label, but not feeling inspired enough to write and record new original material, Underwood settled for a third entry in the *Classic Country* series. Aware of the upcoming label transfer, Underwood reached out to her friend Stefani in November 2021, requesting that they finally collaborate. Stefani agreed, stating she was surprised it took them so long to work together. Underwood then sent Stefani the original version of "Drunk", and arranged a recording session for the following month.

### Artwork

The single cover for "Drunk (And I Don't Wanna Go Home)" showcases Underwood in a happy mood surrounded by traditional blue and pink guitars, with a signature neon font indicating the title of the song.

The artwork for the White Wine Remix of the song includes a black-and-white, heavily saturated, distorted and edited version of the original cover inside a blue and pink border, along with new text for the name of the remix title - with the word "White" being a bigger font size. The entire cover is further distorted and covered in film grain to give a hazy and confused drunken experience.

## Writing and Recording

"Drunk (And I Don't Wanna Go Home)" was recorded in December 2021. It is a flirty country rock song with slight pop influences detailing drunken escapades and staying out all night in an attempt to escape from reality. *Rolling Stone* described the song as a "neon-spattered, banjo-flecked euphoria that fits perfectly with the idea of blowing off steam well into the wee hours".

## Release and Promotion

"Drunk (And I Don't Wanna Go Home)" was officially released on April 22, 2022, supported by its B-side "Hole in the Bottle". Underwood announced the song on her social media accounts at 2am on April 17, 2022.

Underwood would perform the song live for the first time alongside Stefani at the first season finale of Celebrity Big Brother: Pop Industry (Season 1). Another live version of the song would also be recorded for Underwood's first ever live record *Classic Country Live*.

### Remixes

On April 24, 2022, Underwood announced the White Wine Remix of "Drunk (And I Don't Wanna Go Home)" on her social media account. The White Wine Remix would be released five days later on April 29, 2022. This remix would lean more into the honkytonk genre with a sonic feeling of being physically drunk.

## Critical Reception

On October 28, 2022, the White wine Remix of "Drunk (And I Don't Wanna Go Home)" received an official nomination for Best Remix at the Season 10 Billboard Music Awards.

### Accolades

**Billboard Music Awards and nominations for "Drunk (And I Don't Wanna Go Home)"**

## Commercial Performance

"Drunk (And I Don't Wanna Go Home)" debuted within the top five of the Billboard Hot Singles Chart issue dated April 24, 2022, at the No. 4 position. The following week, the song would slip one place to No. 5, and receive both a silver and gold certification. On May 8, 2022, the song would receive a platinum certification for receiving over 200 chart points. "Drunk (And I Don't Wanna Go Home)" was the 15th best-performing song of 2022.

## Track Listing

***Digital Download***

***Digital Download (Remix)***