{{infobox song | name = One Drink Ago | artist = Dallas Smith and Terri Clark | album = | type = single | cover = Dallas Smith Terri Clark - One Drink Ago (single cover).jpg | alt = A bearded man facing left and a woman in a black cowboy hat facing right, both in profile, against a black background | recorded = | released = {{start date|2018|03|28}} | genre = Country | label = {{hlist|604|Bare Track}} | length = {{duration|m=3|s=20}} | writer = {{hlist|Jessi Alexander|Rodney Clawson|Ross Copperman}} | producer = Joey Moi | chronology = Dallas Smith singles | prev_title = Sleepin' Around | prev_year = 2017 | next_title = Make 'Em Like You | next_year = 2018 | misc = {{Extra chronology | artist = Terri Clark singles | type = single | prev_title = I Cheated on You | prev_year = 2015 | title = One Drink Ago | year = 2018 | next_title = Young as We Are Tonight | next_year = 2018 }}}}
"'''One Drink Ago'''" is a song written by Jessi Alexander, Rodney Clawson, and Ross Copperman, and recorded as a duet between Canadian country artists Dallas Smith and Terri Clark. It was released to Canadian country radio through 604 Records on March 28, 2018 and was released to digital retailers on March 30, 2018.<ref name="DS release">{{cite web |title=Canadian Country Music Superstars Dallas Smith and Terri Clark Team Up For "One Drink Ago" |url=http://www.dallassmithmusic.com/canadian-country-music-superstars-dallas-smith-and-terri-clark-team-up-for-one-drink-ago/ |website=Dallas Smith Music |access-date=June 27, 2018 |location=Toronto, ON |date=March 28, 2018}}</ref> "One Drink Ago" was intended as the lead single for Clark's forthcoming eleventh studio album,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Gage |first1=Jeff |title=Terri Clark {{!}} CMA Music Festival 2018: 20 Best Free Concerts |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/country/lists/cma-music-festival-2018-20-best-free-concerts-w520933/terri-clark-w521012 |access-date=June 27, 2018 |work=Rolling Stone |date=June 5, 2018}}</ref> but was left off the track listing when ''Raising the Bar'' was released.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Betts |first1=Stephen L |title=Terri Clark Announces New Album 'Raising the Bar' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/terri-clark-new-song-young-as-we-are-tonight-718204/ |access-date=September 4, 2018 |work=Rolling Stone |date=August 31, 2018}}</ref> The song has become Smith's record-extending eighteenth consecutive top ten country hit.<ref name="CCMA">{{cite news |title=Mason Ramsey, Terri Clark, and Dallas Smith to Attend 2018 CCMA Awards |url=https://www.ccma.org/cgi/page.cgi/_article.html/News/Terri_Clark_Dallas_Smith_and_Mason_Ramsey_Join_Earlier_Announced_Acts_Keith_Urban_Lindsay_Ell_and_High_Valley |access-date=December 27, 2022|publisher=Canadian Country Music Association |date=June 25, 2018 |location=Toronto, ON|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180627230731/https://www.ccma.org/cgi/page.cgi/_article.html/News/Terri_Clark_Dallas_Smith_and_Mason_Ramsey_Join_Earlier_Announced_Acts_Keith_Urban_Lindsay_Ell_and_High_Valley|archive-date=June 27, 2018}}</ref>
==Content== "One Drink Ago" describes a night out on the town and how alcohol can draw people together.<ref>{{cite news |last1=McCrea |first1=Brad |title=Listen: Dallas Smith, Terri Clark Team Up For 'One Drink Ago' |url=http://www.iheartradio.ca/news/listen-dallas-smith-terri-clark-team-up-for-one-drink-ago-1.3717845 |access-date=June 27, 2018 |work=iHeartRadio |date=March 28, 2018}}</ref> The song is a duet which blends Smith's rock-oriented vocal with Clark's more traditional country style.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Dagg |first1=Nanci |title=Dallas Smith and Terri Clark join forces to release the duet, "One Drink Ago" |url=http://canadianbeats.ca/2018/03/30/dallas-smith-and-terri-clark-join-forces-to-released-the-duet-one-drink-ago/ |access-date=June 27, 2018 |work=Canadian Beats |date=March 30, 2018}}</ref>
==Commercial performance== "One Drink Ago" debuted at number 36 on the ''Billboard'' Canada Country chart dated April 14, 2018. The song entered the top ten, at number 9, on the chart dated June 9, 2018; this earned Clark her fourteenth top ten country hit in Canada (her first since 2011), and Smith his record-extending eighteenth consecutive top ten hit.<ref name="CCMA"/> It has since reached a peak position of 3 on the chart dated June 30, 2018.<ref name="Canada Country"/>
==Live performances== Clark invited Smith to debut the song at the Grand Ole Opry, of which Clark is the only female Canadian member, on April 10, 2018.<ref name="langley times">{{cite news |title=Langley's Dallas Smith teams up with Terri Clark for 'One Drink Ago' |url=https://www.langleytimes.com/entertainment/langleys-dallas-smith-teams-up-with-terri-clark-for-one-drink-ago/ |access-date=June 27, 2018 |work=Langley Times |date=March 30, 2018}}</ref>
Smith and Clark performed the song at the 2018 Canadian Country Music Association Awards, on a night where Clark was being inducted into the Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame.<ref>{{cite news |title=Terri Clark & Dallas Smith Perform {{!}} One Drink Ago {{!}} 2018 CCMA Awards|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vN5cXHFpIS0|access-date=June 27, 2018 |work=YouTube|date=September 10, 2018}}</ref>
==Charts== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" ! Chart (2018) ! Peak<br />position |- ! scope="row"| Canada Country (''Billboard'')<ref name="Canada Country">{{cite web |title=Canada Country : Jun 30, 2018 |url=https://www.billboard.com/biz/charts/2018-06-30/canada-country |website=Billboard |access-date=January 3, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180628070524/https://www.billboard.com/biz/charts/2018-06-30/canada-country |archive-date=June 28, 2018}}</ref> | 3 |}
==Release history== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" ! Country ! Date ! Format ! Label ! {{abbr|Ref.|Reference}} |- ! scope="row" rowspan="2"| Canada | March 28, 2018 | Country radio | 604 | <ref name="DS release" /> |- | March 30, 2018 | Digital download | {{hlist|604|Bare Track}} | <ref name="langley times" /> |}
==References== {{reflist}}
{{Dallas Smith}} {{Terri Clark}}
Category:2018 songs Category:2018 singles Category:604 Records singles Category:Dallas Smith songs Category:Terri Clark songs Category:Songs written by Jessi Alexander Category:Songs written by Rodney Clawson Category:Songs written by Ross Copperman Category:Song recordings produced by Joey Moi