How Shaboozey's A Bar Song (Tipsy) became the unexpected smash hit of 2024

How Shaboozey's A Bar Song became the unexpected smash hit of 2024 Getty Images As Shaboozey's A Bar Song becomes one of the country's most celebrated tracks in 2024, what made this tribute to good-time drinking resonate so much this year? A Bar Song not only became the longest-running number one song on Billboard's Hot 100 chart in the publication's 66-year history – a distinction tied only by Lil Nas X for Old Town Road in 2019, but at the time of writing, it also spent its 25th week atop Billboard's Hot Country Songs chart. The flirting with country music elements on Shaboozey's latest album is the furthest his music embraced the genre – and the industry representing the genre has embraced him back Loneliness, isolation, grief, dead-end job prospects, they're all classic fodder for songs built on binge drinking. The result: A Bar Song became the first song in history to reach the top 10 of Billboard's Country, Pop, Adult Pop and Rhythmic Airplay charts – which meant it was a song with such strong crossover appeal that country radio couldn't ignore even if it tried.