• Riley Green released his new single “Think As You Drunk” on May 28, featuring a sample of Toby Keith’s 2005 hit “As Good As I Once Was” — a song Green says his dad used to joke was written about him
• Green also announced his new album That’s Just Me will be released on September 18; the album title signals a more personal statement after the commercial success of his previous record
• “Think As You Drunk” was co-written with Green’s frequent collaborators Erik Dylan, Wyatt McCubbin, and Jessi Alexander — the four of them finished it in 20 minutes
• The single is a comedic drinking anthem built around the malapropism “I ain’t as think as you drunk I am,” with Green deploying the kind of self-deprecating humor that has defined much of his catalog alongside his more emotional material
• Green is currently on the road for his Cowboy As It Gets Tour; his previous album Don’t Mind If I Do (October 2024) produced two No. 1 Billboard Country Airplay hits — “Worst Way” and the Ella Langley duet “Don’t Mind If I Do”

Riley Green has been one of country music’s most consistent hitmakers over the past two years, but “Think As You Drunk” is something different — a song that leans into absurdist humor and summer-party energy rather than the heartbreak and longing that made “Worst Way” a No. 1 hit.

The single arrived Wednesday alongside a bigger announcement: Green’s new album That’s Just Me is coming September 18. It’s the follow-up to Don’t Mind If I Do, which was released in October 2024 and cemented his standing as one of country’s premier solo songwriters with back-to-back chart-toppers.

“Think As You Drunk” is built around a Toby Keith sample — specifically a lift from Keith’s 2005 hit “As Good As I Once Was.” Green told Billboard the Keith song held personal meaning before it even became a sample: his dad used to joke that “As Good As I Once Was” was written about him. Green covers Toby’s songs at every live show, and weaving him into a new track is as much tribute as creative choice.

The song itself leans into comedic wordplay. The central hook — “I ain’t as think as you drunk I am” — is a deliberately scrambled version of a classic protest-too-much phrase, with Green playing a character who insists he’s sober while the evidence around him says otherwise. “Don’t pay no mind to the smell of those crushed up cans,” goes another line from the preview Green shared ahead of the release.

Written in 20 Minutes

Green wrote “Think As You Drunk” with three of his go-to collaborators: Erik Dylan, Wyatt McCubbin, and Jessi Alexander. The four of them knocked it out in 20 minutes — which tracks for a song that runs entirely on a single, gleefully stupid premise and doesn’t try to be anything other than that.

The release lands in the middle of Green’s Cowboy As It Gets Tour and gives the live show a new crowd-ready moment ahead of the album drop in September. That’s Just Me doesn’t yet have a tracklist or lead single beyond “Think As You Drunk,” but given that Green’s last album opened with a No. 1 and added another before the cycle was done, the expectations heading into fall are high.

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