Songs About Wine

Rock Songs About Wine

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For the First time - The Script

“Tryna make it work, but, man, these times are hard

But we're gonna start by 

Drinking old cheap bottles of wine”

This song is the lead single of the Irish pop-rock band The Script’s lead album Science and Faith. This record was made for the people that have helped the band reach levels they have never reached throughout their journey. They noticed that they were undergoing a recession and a lot of people were losing their jobs and wanted to send a message of hope to those who were going through hardships.

https://www.youtube.com/embed/CPEBN2dVNUY

Children’s Crusade - Sting

“Corpulent generals safe behind lines

History's lessons drowned in red wine”

In 1985, Sting’s first solo album, Dream of the Blue Turtles, connects two historical events: drug addiction and the Children’s Crusade movement in Germany in 1212. Sting took a modern approach when it came to the Children’s Crusade, connecting it to World War I when French, German, and English young men were being killed for no reason.

https://www.youtube.com/embed/JEVqh0r6JdM

Wine Song - Nicole Amine

“You're always runnin' through my veins

Dizzier & dizzier and I've got you to blame

Hazy shades of red & white

You're colder in the afternoon and cozier at night”

https://www.youtube.com/embed/FWf8IzoeB7s

Summer Wine - Lana Del Ray ft Barrie Oniell

“Strawberries, cherries, and an angel's kiss in spring

My summer wine is really made from all these things”

Lana Del Ray covered this 1960s hit by Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazelwood. Hazelwood originally wrote this song and recorded the hit in 67’ where the hit song made a debut in their joint EP called “Nancy & Lee.” Lana has compared herself to Sinatra as the modern “Gangster Nancy Sinatra.”

https://www.youtube.com/embed/1OEron4rXfk

Killer Queen - Queen

"She keeps Moet et Chandon, In her pretty cabinet

'Let them eat cake' she says, Just like Marie Antoinette"

Now, who doesn't like a good Queen classic? The opening of this song, mentioning Moet et Chandon, will have you wanting to pour out a glass of the world's famous champagne. This song is about high-class women who can also have their sexy, sensual side.

https://www.youtube.com/embed/2ZBtPf7FOoM

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Champagne Supernova - Oasis

"Someday you will find me caught beneath the landslide

In a champagne supernova - A champagne supernova in the sky"

This song came into works when Noel Gallagher was watching a Champagne documentary and had mistaken a song by The Pixies Called "Bassanova." Gallagher then explains in an interview while writing this song; they realized some words mean nothing. 

https://www.youtube.com/embed/tI-5uv4wryI

Elderberry Wine - Elton John

"Drunk all the time, Feeling fine on elderberry wine

Those were the days, We'd lay in the haze

Forget depressive times, How can I ever get it together

Without a wife in line, To pick the crop and get me hot, On elderberry wine"

This song will have you feeling nostalgic about a lover who left you heartbroken. In the song, a man is left by his wife, and all he can do is just reminisce of the great times they had together, especially a memory of drinking Elderberry Wine.

https://www.youtube.com/embed/sYFngdzbShA

Hotel California - The Eagles

“So I called up the Captain:

"Please bring me my wine"

He said: "We haven't had that spirit here since 1969"

“So I called up the Captain:

"Please bring me my wine"

He said: "We haven't had that spirit here since 1969"

This song is considered to be the most famous song from the Eagles. When this song was released, many had their own interpretations of what this song was about. Turns out this famous tune was all about "The high life of Los Angeles."

https://www.youtube.com/embed/811QZGDysx0

Top Pop Songs that Mention Wine in their Lyrics

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Red Red Wine - UB40

“Red, red wine goes to my head

Makes me forget that I still need her so

Red, red wine, it's up to you All I can do I've done

Memories won't go, memories won't go”

Perhaps the most recognizable song about red wine, is the hit song originally written and recorded by Neil Diamond in 1967.  A couple of years later, two versions of this hit song then were covered by Jimmy James & The Vagabonds, where they added a soul touch to it, then a reggae rendition was made by Tony Tribe. UB40 then took the Tony Tribe Cover and made their own. Neil Diamond's purpose of “Red Red Wine” was to praise wine and to simply forget about your problems.

https://www.youtube.com/embed/zXt56MB-3vc

Sangria Wine - Pharrell Williams & Camilla Cabello

“She do the sangria wine (woo), sangria wine (uh-huh)

Moving side to side (woo), front and behind (uh-huh)

Sangria Wine (woo), sangria wine (uh-huh)

Sangria Wine (woo), do the sangria wine (uh-huh)”

Sangria wine brings you that playful feel and summer vibes right to your ears.  Camilla Cabello and Pharrell Williams partnered up once again after their massive hit “Havana.” Sangria wine is a catchy Latin song that will get moving and grooving.

https://www.youtube.com/embed/buky0hLsBa0

Cherry Wine - Hozier

“The way she tells me I'm hers and she is mine

Open hand or closed fist would be fine

The blood is rare and sweet as cherry wine.”

https://www.youtube.com/embed/SdSCCwtNEjA

Lilac Wine - Miley Cyrus

“Lilac wine is sweet and heady 

Like my love Lilac wine, I feel unsteady Like my love”

Lilac Wine has been covered by numerous artists like Eartha Kitt, Nina Simone, and Jeff Buckley. This song was originally written by James Shelton In 1950. The lyrics interpret a heartache after losing a lover, and the artist finds comfort in wine made from a Lilac tree.

https://www.youtube.com/embed/iFZsunzjDXU

Scenes from an Italian restaurant - Billy Joel

"A bottle of white, a bottle of red / Perhaps a bottle of rose instead"

This song was inspired by The Beatles B-side of the Abbey Road Album.  Billy Joel found that the album was just a bunch of songs the Beatles have written in the past or bits of pieces of hooks they have written but never finished. Joel explains that the line " A bottle of white, a bottle of red, perhaps a bottle of rose instead?" came from a waiter when he was out in town having dinner at an Italian restaurant. Pair this song with a glass of good red wine and perhaps some Italian food.

https://www.youtube.com/embed/Hxx8IWIvKg0

Tiny Bubbles - Don Ho

"Tiny bubbles (tiny bubbles)

In the wine (in the wine)

Make me happy (make me happy)

Make me feel fine (make me feel fine)"

Tiny Bubbles is one of Don Ho's hit songs.  He released the song in 1967, then two more years later, more than 30 covers were made as to its one of the most famous champagne songs.

https://www.shazam.com/track/10281245/tiny-bubbles

It was a very good year - Frank Sinatra

"But now the days are short, I'm in the autumn of the year

And now I think of my life as vintage wine

From fine old kegs

From the brim to the dregs

It poured sweet and clear

It was a very good year"

This song was originally recorded by The Kingston Trio Brothers, with a folk style that landed on their Goin' Places album in 1961.  Later Sinatra made his own version with instrumentals and his extraordinary vocals that became a big hit, even leading to winning a Grammy for best male vocal performance and best instrumental arrangement with a vocalist. The phrase "It was a very good year" is usually applied to wine as wine ages within the years. Sinatra also uses the wine analogy to think about his past romantic life and lovers as his memories are aging well with time.

https://www.youtube.com/embed/avU2aarQUiU

Paul Anka - Steel Guitar And A Glass Of Wine 

"Just give me a steel guitar, a glass of wine

And let me drink to a love I thought was mine

A love I thought was true to me

But now I'm drinkin' to her memory"

This song will have you swaying your hips side by side as it gives the swing vibes to it. Now grab your steel guitar and glass of wine and sing along to this 1960s hit.

https://www.youtube.com/embed/GfG4p3zS074

Country Songs About Wine

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Strawberry Wine -  Deana Carter

"My first taste of love oh bittersweet

Green on the vine Like strawberry wine"

Strawberry wine is a song about a girl's first love and comparing it to her first sips of alcohol. The song title is a reference to Boone's Farm Strawberry Hill, which is an inexpensive fruity wine.

https://www.youtube.com/embed/Up06CryWQpE

Sangria - Blake Shelton

"We're buzzing like that no vacancy sign out front

Your skin is begging to be kissed by a little more than the sun

You take my hand in yours, you lean in and

Your lips taste like sangria"

If you and your partner are wine lovers and are looking to set the mood for a nice romantic night Sangria by Blake Shelton is a must. Blake explains that this was "one of the sexiest songs" he has ever recorded. This song brings the vibe of having a couple of drinks that lead to a romantic hook-up.

https://www.youtube.com/embed/KoQrH6EMnas

Wine Colored Roses - George Jones 

"I sent her some wine-colored roses

The color of grapes on the vine

When she sees the wine-colored roses

They'll tell her I'm still on the wine"

This soft, mellow, flowing song is about an ex-lover who sends a letter to her ex asking if he still drinks. Leaving him speechless and unable to respond because he had not quit drinking, he sends her wine-colored roses to symbolize that wine is still going through his system.

https://www.youtube.com/embed/vOXZYAJaUd8

Two More Bottles of Wine - Emmylou Harris

"But it's all right 'cause it's midnight

And I got two more bottles of wine"

Through Emmylou's lyrics, we understand that "Two more bottles of wine" is about two lovers who move away to Los Angeles in search of success, then her love abruptly leaves. Being left alone to fend on her own, she states " Its all right' cause... I got two more bottles of wine."

https://www.youtube.com/embed/bRJiFVIAaHU

Whiskey to Wine - Garth Brooks

"She's always a lady and that's drivin' me crazy

'Cause after you it's like going From whiskey to wine"

You're probably wondering, "Whiskey to wine?" This song is about leaving a toxic relationship, hence Whiskey's comparison, which goes down a little harsh and finds a new love that compares it to the wine, something new and relieving as they both reminisce on the past and present.

https://www.shazam.com/track/337091621/whiskey-to-wine

Heaven Was a Drink of Wine - Merle Haggard 

"But when she left me I went to hell

Heaven was a drink of wine"

A brokenhearted country guy is devasted and seeks help through a therapist. As he notices that his problems aren't internal he recognizes that when he drinks he is in heaven, making everything feel just okay.

https://www.youtube.com/embed/JQCHIe3ypmA

Yesterday's Wine - Willie Nelson

"Your presence is welcome with me and my friend here

This is a hangout of mine

We come here quite often and listen to music Partaking of yesterday's wine"

This popular star came up with a clever way to remind us that we as humans, age like fine wine. The longer we live, and the longer wine sits, we're living life with experiences and lessons learned.

https://www.shazam.com/track/5270441/yesterdays-wine

Dust on the Bottle - David Lee Murphy

"Creole Williams lived down a dirt road Made homemade wine like nobody I know"

David was sitting on his kitchen table one morning as he was playing the first couple of chords on "Dust on the Bottle" when 15 minutes later he realized he got the song going. In this song, he's singing to a potential lover where he's trying to impress her with some homemade wine and tells her not to worry about the dust on the bottle because she has yet to try what's inside of the dusty bottle.

https://www.youtube.com/embed/uNkF_ZpQ4eg

The Wino and I Know - Jimmy Buffett

"And the wino and I know the pain of street singin'

Like a door-to-door salesman knows the pains of bell ringin"

This song taps into several of Jimmy Buffetts' favorite subjects, simple pleasures, lobsters, and over-romanticized wisdom of drunks.

https://www.youtube.com/embed/aeM_wnJT21A

Melva's Wine - Johnny Cash

"Every year about this time / The air is sweet as Melva's wine / And I sip her wine and I listen to the robin sing"

This song is about one of Johnny Cash's friends, Vince Matthews who lives in Kingston Springs, whose wife named Melva, also makes homemade wine, so he decided to make song lyrics about her wine.

https://www.youtube.com/embed/BrREX60T5yw

Did you think there were this many songs about wine? Try adding these songs to a playlist and pouring yourself a nice glass of wine. If you’re struggling with ideas for what to drink, start here with some ideas for tasty red wines and solid white wine selections. Whether you choose a champagne, a pinot noir or a resiling, you’ll be sure to have a wonderful time. Cheers!

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