In a fractious America, there’s still one thing that people can agree on: Shaboozey’s “A Bar Song (Tipsy).” The Virginian’s country flip of an old J-Kwon hit rang out from bars, barbecues and car radios all summer, propelling it to the top of the charts. At the time of this article’s publication, “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” had spent 19 weeks at No. 1 on the Hot 100.
Bringing unity and merriment to the masses is a Herculean achievement that Shaboozey credits to the song’s patriotic, wide-ranging appeal. “It has an American feeling to it, that feeling when you think of apple pie,” he says from a tour stop in
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