On this edition of 3BOPS, we select three awesome songs that are associated with a BARTENDER in some form or fashion.
On 3BOPS, we are totally dedicated to keeping things L-I-T-E! Similar to 5ive Songs, there’s a topic and a short blurb, only with THREE songs instead of FIVE. Yes, it’s a playlist, but it’s a miniature playlist that shouldn’t take much time to consume. On this edition of 3BOPS, we select three awesome songs that are associated with a BARTENDER in some form or fashion.
1. Morgan Wallen, “Your Bartender”
Dangerous: The Double Album •
Big Loud / Republic •
2021
“Your Bartender” is a highlight from
Dangerous: The Double Album, the 2021 sophomore album by country standout
Morgan Wallen. Written hypothetically, Wallen asserts everything he’d be and do for her (his love interest), capped off by his role at the bar: “If I was your bartender / I’d mix ‘em up strong in a tall blender.” Of course, you would Morgan. Within Dangerous, “Your Bartender” ranks among the best-produced tracks (
Joey Moi and
Matt Dragstrem). Drink up!
2. Lana Del Rey, “Bartender”
Norman Fucking Rockwell! •
Interscope •
2019
“‘Cause they don’t yet know what car I drive / I’m just tryna keep my love alive / With my bartender, hold me all night.”
“Bartender” isn’t the crowning achievement of
Norman Fucking Rockwell!, but it’s quite alluring, nonetheless. Something quite telling is how
Grammy-nominated artist
Lana Del Rey refers to her own life (seemingly). This includes escaping fame (“Photo-free exits from baby’s bedside / ‘Cause they don’t yet know what care I drive”), avoiding alcohol (“But that Cherry Coke your serve is fine”), and of course, a relationship with an unnamed bartender (“And our love’s sweet enough on the vine / Bartender”). Del Rey wrote “Bartender” alongside her frequent collaborator,
Rick Nowels, who also produces the track.
3. T-Pain, “Bartender” (Ft. Akon)
Epiphany •
Zomba •
2007
“Two hundred bitches in the building ain’t none of them hot / Except for this pretty young thang that was workin’ on the way, at the top.” Back in 2007,
Grammy-winning, autotune loving R&B singer
T-Pain fell in love with the
“Bartender.” “Bartender” served as one of the biggest hits from his most successful album to date,
Epiphany (the song is second only to
“Buy U a Drank (Shawty Snappin’)”. “Bartender” isn’t profound in the least – “Oh she made us drinks, to drink / We drunk ‘em, got drunk” – but like so much of Epiphany, it’s incredibly fun and totally entertaining. Can’t knock him for wanting to bang the bartender, right? Oh, and by the way, he’s assisted
Akon.