{{Infobox song | name = Drinkee | cover = Drinkee_by_Sofi_Tukker.jpg | alt = | border = yes | type = single | artist = Sofi Tukker | EP = Soft Animals | released = October 2, 2015 | recorded = 2015 | studio = | venue = | genre = {{hlist|Indietronica|house}} | length = {{duration|m=4|s=59}} | label = {{hlist|Sofi Tukker|Ultra}} | writer = {{hlist|Sophie Hawley-Weld|Tucker Halpern|Ricardo de Carvalho Duarte}} | producer = Sofi Tukker | prev_title = | prev_year = | next_title = Hey Lion | next_year = 2016 }}
"'''Drinkee'''" is the debut single by American musical duo Sofi Tukker. It was released independently in October 2015,<ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160301143955/https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/drinkee-single/id1057848173|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/drinkee-single/1057848173|url-status=live|title=Drinkee - Single by Sofi Tukker|website=iTunes Store (United States)|date=October 2, 2015|archive-date=March 1, 2016|access-date=March 29, 2022}}</ref> and re-released by Ultra Records in April 2016.<ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161012163810/https://itunes.apple.com/au/album/drinkee-single/id1108466500|url=https://itunes.apple.com/au/album/drinkee-single/id1108466500|url-status=dead|title=Drinkee - Single by Sofi Tukker|website=iTunes Store (Australia)|date=April 21, 2016|archive-date=October 12, 2016|access-date=March 29, 2022}}</ref>
The song is inspired by the poem "Relógio" by Brazilian poet Chacal. The lyrics are sung in the original language of Portuguese. According to vocalist Sophie Hawley-Weld, "It doesn't matter whether or not you can understand Portuguese. The point of "Drinkee" isn't the meaning; the point is the nonsense." In the song, Hawley-Weld's voice fuses together with layered underlying sounds that include distorted electric guitar, a strong bass line, bongos and cowbells.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.interviewmagazine.com/music/exclusive-track-premiere-drinkee-sofi-tukker|title=EXCLUSIVE TRACK PREMIERE: 'DRINKEE,' SOFI TUKKER|publisher=Interview Magazine|date=May 26, 2016|accessdate=January 26, 2017}}</ref> The song was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Dance Recording at the 59th ceremony.
==Video== The music video for "Drinkee" was directed by Sam Mason and Matt Daniels, production design by Jessica Kostelnick and was released on July 1, 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlF1KxtArCg|title=SOFI TUKKER - Drinkee (Official Video)|publisher=YouTube|date=July 1, 2016|accessdate=January 16, 2017}}</ref> The duo stated that the video is not supposed to make any sense; it features scenes of band members staring dead into the camera before a zebra-printed backdrop and deadpanning models wearing brightly-colored outfits.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/2016/07/07/485129701/sofi-tukkers-video-for-drinkee-is-a-psychedelic-dance-party|title=Sofi Tukker's Video For 'Drinkee' Is A Psychedelic Dance Party|publisher=NPR|date=July 10, 2016|accessdate=January 26, 2017}}</ref>
==Reception== Luke Holland from ''The Guardian'' said he was not "expecting much from a song called 'Drinkee'... But US duo Sofi Tukker have taken one wiry guitar riff and one indecipherable lyric, and layered them over a fat, throbbing tropical house backbeat. It's my new favourite tune. Tropical house isn't cool, though. Which means, like those people, neither am I."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/sep/16/the-best-of-this-weeks-music-sofi-tukker-tropical-house-drinkee|title=The best of this week's music: Sofi Tukker surf the tropical house wave |date=September 16, 2016|accessdate=January 26, 2017}}</ref>
==Official remixes== * Dinnerdate remix – 4:19<ref>{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/au/album/drinkee-dinnerdate-remix-single/1108635124|title= Drinkee Dinnerdate remix|publisher=iTunes Australia|access-date=January 14, 2017}}</ref> * Addal remix – 4:58<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/au/album/drinkee-addal-remix-single/1108589210|title=Drinkee Addal remix|publisher=iTunes Australia|access-date=January 14, 2017}}</ref> * Vintage Culture remix – 5:42<ref>{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/au/album/drinkee-vintage-culture-slow/1139053319|title=Drinkee Vintage Culture remix|publisher=iTunes Australia|access-date=January 14, 2017}}</ref> * Mahmut Orhan remix – 4:17<ref>{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/au/album/drinkee-mahmut-orhan-remix-single/1139038286|title=Drinkee Mahmut Orhan remix|publisher=iTunes Australia|access-date=January 14, 2017}}</ref> * Livin R Dino Romeo remix – 4:13<ref>{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/au/album/drinkee-livin-r-dino-romeo-remix-single/1181596090|title=Drinkee Livin R Dino Romeo remix|publisher=iTunes Australia|access-date=January 14, 2017}}</ref>
==Charts== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" |- ! Chart (2016–2017) ! Peak<br/>position |- {{singlechart|Australia|42|artist=Sofi Tukker|song=Drinkee|rowheader=true|accessdate=January 26, 2017|refname=aria}} |- {{singlechart|Italy|43|artist=Sofi Tukker|song=Drinkee|rowheader=true|accessdate=January 26, 2017}} |}
==Certifications== {{Certification Table Top}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Australia|type=single|award=Platinum|relyear=2016|certyear=2017|access-date=November 26, 2021}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Brazil|type=single|artist=Sofi Tukker|title=Drinkee|award=Platinum|number=2|relyear=2016|certyear=2023|access-date=December 10, 2023}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Italy|type=single|artist=Sofi Tukker|title=Drinkee|award=Gold|relyear=2016|certyear=2016|access-date=December 12, 2022}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=New Zealand|artist=Sofi Tukker|title=Drinkee|award=Gold|type=single|relyear=2015|certyear=2023|access-date=5 February 2025|source=radioscope|refname="rmnz"}} {{Certification Table Bottom | nosales=true | noshipments=true | streaming=true}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
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