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Top 10 Wine Songs

Posted Fri Apr 24, 2009 6:07pm PDT by Robert of the Radish in The Y! Music Playlist Blog

I love wine, but I don't drink it as much as I'd like. Each time my wife and I enjoy a decent bottle here at the house we promise to stock up so that we can have a glass every evening with dinner. Unfortunately, we never follow up on our promise. We repeatedly end up cracking a bottle only when friends are over, and we usually end up drinking too much in one night. I like to blame the cost, but in reality I know some great wines that I can get for under 10 bucks a bottle. So I'm not really sure what the mental block is preventing us from drinking more. I really fell in love with the vino after my first trip to Napa Valley where I imbibed a ton and learned even more. There was just something about seeing the grapes being grown in that California sunlight, and experiencing the whole wine-making process that really opened me up.

There are large numbers of songwriters who have also been inspired by wine. After all, it's all about the wine, women and song, no? For this playlist I looked for songs inspired by wine and then narrowed the list down to my favorite 10.

What is your favorite wine song, and more importantly, what's your favorite wine? I need all the tips I can get.

Top 10 Wine Songs

   1. Spill The Wine - The Isley Brothers   

   2. Lilac Wine - Jeff Buckley   

   3. Cherry Red Wine - Luther Allison   

   4. Red, Red Wine - Neil Diamond   

   5. Bottle Of Red Wine - Eric Clapton   

   6. Wine Take Me Away - Merle Haggard   

   7. The Days Of Wine And Roses - The Dream Syndicate   

   8. Yesterday's Wine  - Willie Nelson   

   9. Days Of Wine And Roses -  Frank Sinatra   

   10. Tiny Bubbles - Don Ho

19 Comments

1. Yahoo! Music User -
"Drinking Wine Spodie Odie", Champion Jack Dupree.

2. __A_YAHOO_USER__ -
Technically Robert, as I'm 15, I shouldn't know what wine tastes like. Ahem, technically.

3. Ken -
Me and My Wine - Def Leppard

4. DUDE -
Bottle of Wine-The Fireballs...Trouble,Trouble-Foghat
There is absolutely nothing worse than a wine hangover!!!

5. Anne -
The Sonics mention wine in "Strychnine."

6. Bali -
How about Summerwine Nancy Sinatra/Lee Hazelwood?

7. Rick -
"God of Wine" Third Eye Blind... poetic lyrics, slurred melody, detuned heart strings..... makes a great "wine" song.

8. Gerry -
"Wonderful Wino"-Jeff Simmons
"Red Wine And Whisky"-Katrina and The Waves
"Sweet Cherry Wine"-Tommy James and The Shondells
"Ballad Of A Useless Man"-Paul Revere and The Raiders (mentions cheep wine)
"W.P.L.J." (White Port and Lemon Juice)-The Mothers of Invention (I forget who did the original-perhaps The 5 Royales?)

9. Sarah P -
Hello, Red, Red Wine is better when sung by UB40!

10. Kenny -
11. Sarah P - Sat Apr 25, 2009 8:56am PDT
Hello, Red, Red Wine is better when sung by UB40!

+1

11. RockinMangos -
Nightrain-GnR?! haha not exactly the best wine, but its still wine XD

12. Ester C -
They all pale in comparinson to The Replacements Red Red Wine. Totally different song with a totally different attitude. Not to say that there aren't some pretty good song suggestions here.

13. GregoryD -
Any such list should begin with the original "Drinkin' Wine Spodie Odie" by Sticks McGee and His Buddies. Thanks.

14. Yahoo! Music User -
Thanks, Greg, I could not remember who did that song originally, but I enjoy Champion Jack Dupree's version. Now I know.

15. Yahoo! Music User -
Sarah, UB40's version IS way better than the original. You are correct!

16. Yahoo! Music User -
Neil wrote Red Red Wine.

17. Yahoo! Music User -
Yes, he did and he is an excellent songwriter, I just happen to like UB40's version....Just my opinion.

18. Zur -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGrtgyBvtvw

this is the best wine song

19. Yahoo! Music User -
UB40, better than Neil? From what planet hence you came?
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