{{short description|2025 single by the Reklaws}} {{Infobox song | name = Never Drinking Again | cover = Never Drinking Again.jpeg | alt = | type = single | artist = The Reklaws | album = | released = {{start date|2025|05|23}} | recorded = | studio = | genre = Country pop | length = 2:29 | label = * Starseed | writer = *Jenna Walker *Stuart Walker *Gabriella Scotto *Jack Schrepferman | producer = *Callum Maudsley *Jack Schrepferman | chronology = The Reklaws singles | prev_title = One Beer Away | prev_year = 2024 | next_title = | next_year = | misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|xTXN2ZzBhCY|"Never Drinking Again"}}|header=Video Visualizer}} }}
"'''Never Drinking Again'''" is a song recorded by Canadian country duo The Reklaws. The sibling duo wrote the song with Gabriella Scotto and Jack Schrepferman, while Schrepferman produced the track with Callum Maudsley.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://open.spotify.com/album/42VOmwJtbQs2Ya5MqPBgE5?si=nc38O6qoQ3SKd3Q5_YAMVQ|title=Never Drinking Again - Single by The Reklaws|date=May 23, 2025|work=Spotify|publisher=Starseed Records|access-date=October 10, 2025}}</ref> The song marked the duo's twelfth career top ten hit on the Canada Country chart.<ref name="CAN Country">References for Canada Country: * Singles before 2021: {{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/the-reklaws/chart-history/CCW| title=The Reklaws Chart History (Canada Country)| magazine=Billboard| accessdate=June 21, 2022|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 1, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211201062504/https://www.billboard.com/artist/the-reklaws/chart-history/ccw/}} * "Somewhere to Drink": {{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/brett-kissel/chart-history/CCW |title=Brett Kissel Chart History (Canada Country) |magazine=Billboard |accessdate=June 21, 2022}} * "11 Beers": {{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/jake-owen/chart-history/CCW/|title=Jake Owen Chart History (Canada Country)|magazine=Billboard|access-date=July 18, 2022}} * "Good Ol' Days": {{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/canada-country/2023-06-17|title=Canada Country chart for June 17, 2023|magazine=Billboard |access-date=June 13, 2023|url-access=subscription}} * "Honky Tonkin' About": {{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/canada-country/2023-11-25|title=Canada Country chart for November 25, 2023|magazine=Billboard|access-date=November 21, 2023|url-access=subscription}} * "I Grew Up on a Farm": {{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/canada-country/2024-06-29|title=Canada Country chart for June 29, 2024|magazine=Billboard|access-date=June 25, 2024|url-access=subscription}} * "One Beer Away": {{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/canada-country/2024-10-19|title=Canada Country chart for October 19, 2024|magazine=Billboard|access-date=October 15, 2024|url-access=subscription}} * "Never Drinking Again": {{cite magazine|url=https://ca.billboard.com/charts/canada-country/2025-09-27|title=Canada Country: Week of September 27, 2025|magazine=Billboard Canada|access-date=September 27, 2025}}</ref>
==Background== In a press release, Jenna Walker of the Reklaws stated that the duo was "ready to get back to ourselves, to reminding people that no matter what life throws at you, good times will always come" and that was what they set out to say with the release of "Never Drinking Again". The duo released the song "We're Back Baby" several weeks prior, and Stuart Walker remarked that they wanted to "dedicate a summer to having more fun than ever before" with the songs.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pmstudio.com/music/20250527-25783|title=The Reklaws Releases New Song “Never Drinking Again”|work=PM Studio|date=May 27, 2025|access-date=October 10, 2025}}</ref>
==Critical reception== Aileen Goos of ''Atwood Magazine'' referred to "Never Drinking Again" as a "cheeky, catchy anthem" that "captures The Reklaws' trademark charm and party spirit" and is "perfect for summer nights, kitchen dance floors, and volume-all-the-way-up car rides."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://atwoodmagazine.com/rnda-the-reklaws-never-drinking-again-song-review/|title=Today’s Song: “Never Drinking Again” Doubles Down on the Reklaws’ Signature Energy|work=Atwood Magazine|first=Aileen|last=Goos|date=September 9, 2025|access-date=October 10, 2025}}</ref> An uncredited article from ''Complete Country'' opined that the song "feels true to the songs that made [the Reklaws] a household name across the nation."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://completecountry.ca/the-reklaws-deliver-summer-anthem-with-never-drinking-again/|title=THE REKLAWS Deliver Summer Anthem with “Never Drinking Again”|date=May 23, 2025|work=Complete Country|access-date=June 16, 2025}}</ref>
==Music video== The official visualizer video for "Never Drinking Again" was directed by Austin Chaffe and premiered on YouTube on May 23, 2025.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Reklaws - Never Drinking Again (Official Video Visualizer)|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTXN2ZzBhCY|website=YouTube|date=May 23, 2025|format=video|access-date=October 10, 2025}}</ref>
==Charts== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |+ Chart performance for "Never Drinking Again" ! scope="col"| Chart (2025) ! scope="col"| Peak<br />position |- |- ! scope="row"| Canada (Canadian Hot 100)<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/canadian-hot-100/2025-10-11/|title=''Billboard'' Canadian Hot 100: Week of October 11, 2025|magazine=Billboard|access-date=October 7, 2025}}</ref> | 97 |- ! scope="row"| Canada Country (''Billboard'')<ref name="Can Country">{{cite magazine|url=https://ca.billboard.com/charts/canada-country/2025-09-27|title=Canada Country: Week of September 27, 2025|magazine=Billboard Canada|access-date=September 27, 2025}}</ref> | 5 |}
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