After taking âFix a Drinkâ to the top of the Mediabase chart in November 2017, Chris Janson is hoping his current single, âDrunk Girl,â will find a home there.
But donât let the two aforementioned song titles fool you. âFix a Drinkâ and âDrunk Girlâ couldnât be farther apart thematically.
Fun-loving âFix a Drinkâ kept the summertime party flowing with cocktails and cold beers, while âDrunk Girlâ tackles a much more serious subject matter: respecting women, regardless of the circumstances.
The tuneâwhich was co-penned by Chris, Tom Douglas and Scooter Carusoeâreinforces its theme of respect throughout the chorus: Take a drunk girl home / Let her sleep all alone / Leave her keys on the counter, your number by the phone / Pick up her life she threw on the floor / Leave the hall lights on, walk out and lock the door / Thatâs how she knows the difference between a boy and man / Take a drunk girl home.
âBoth of my co-writers are legendary,â said Chris to Nash Country Daily. âThey certainly didnât need me in the room. I can tell you that the song basically wrote itself. We were just stewards of the ship. And I say that in regard to, sometimes songs happen like that. You canât really twist and turn âem. If you try, you mess âem up. If you let them lead, they lead. We wrote âDrunk Girlâ from a fatherâs perspective. We are all dads. I would hope after hearing the lyrics, if my daughter was in that situation, I hope someone would take care of her. Being a husband, being a dad of girls, I have such a great respect for women in general. I think this song needed to be said.â
Chris released a new video for the tune, which is currently No. 27 on the Mediabase chart. Directed by Jeff Venable, the new clip features Chris playing piano in the middle of Broadwayâthe street that runs through downtown Nashvilleâs famed honky-tonk districtâas interspersed footage tells the story of a woman who finds herself living out the songâs lyrics after enduring an abusive childhood and a college assault.
Watch the video for âDrunk Girlâ below.
photo courtesy of Brenton Giesey/Warner Music Nashville