Beer with Jesus

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"Beer with Jesus"
Single by Thomas Rhett
from the album It Goes Like This
Released September 4, 2012 (2012-09-04)
Format Digital download
Recorded 2012
Genre Country
Length 4:13
Label Valory Music Group
Writer(s)
  • Thomas Rhett
  • Rick Huckaby
  • Lance Miller
Producer(s) Jay Joyce
Thomas Rhett singles chronology
"Something to Do with My Hands"
(2012)		 "Beer with Jesus"
(2012)		 "It Goes Like This"
(2013)

"Beer with Jesus" is a song recorded by American country music artist Thomas Rhett. It was released in September 2012 as the second single from his debut album, It Goes Like This. Rhett wrote the song with Rick Huckaby and Lance Miller.[1]

Content

The song is a mid-tempo mainly accompanied by acoustic guitar, in which the narrator ponders what he would ask if he were to meet Jesus in a bar, and have a conversation with him while drinking beer.

Critical reception

Billy Dukes of Taste of Country gave the song three and a half stars out of five, writing that "the song benefits from an inherited familiarity […], allowing one to enjoy it more easily after just one listen."[2] Matt Bjorke of Roughstock gave the song a favorable review, saying that it "absolutely redeems him from the clumsy ditty that was 'Something to Do with My Hands'" but "it could be a tough road ahead for Thomas Rhett if this interesting albeit done before lyric doesn't help break him out with radio."[3] Kevin John Coyne of Country Universe gave the song a B+ grade, writing that "Rhett’s slightly ragged vocal is charmingly innocent and sincere" and "the production does such a great job of not getting in the way of the song."[4]

Music video

The music video was directed by Peter Zavadil and premiered in November 2012.[5]

Chart performance

"Beer with Jesus" debuted at number 49 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart for the week of September 8, 2012.[6]

Chart (2012–13) Peak
position
US Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles (Billboard)[7] 1
US Country Airplay (Billboard)[8] 19
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[9] 26

Year-end charts

Chart (2013) Position
US Country Airplay (Billboard)[10] 92
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[11] 98

Certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
United States (RIAA)[12] Gold 500,000

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
xunspecified figures based on certification alone

References

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  8. ↑ "Thomas Rhett – Chart history" Billboard Country Airplay for Thomas Rhett.
  9. ↑ "Thomas Rhett – Chart history" Billboard Hot Country Songs for Thomas Rhett.
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