Eric Church wrote his latest single, “Drink in My Hand,” after he witnessed how the fans in the audience would raise their cups at the same time. “When the cups go up or they go down or they go side to side, and it almost gets humorous from time to time. I found myself laughing, you know this is really well-organized for it to be…10,000 drunk people out there. They’re really good at this,” Eric laughs. “That’s really where the idea came for ‘Drink in My Hand’ came from. We were out on the bus one night after a show, and it just happened. I had some co-writers with me, and I was kinda laughing about it, we were talking about all the people with their beers in the air, and their cups in the air, and [they’re] just there to party and that’s really where the idea was born.” The song is closing in on the top spot on the country charts, which would be Eric’s first No.1 single.

Eric is set to hit the road, headlining his own Blood, Sweat and Beers tour. The trek, which also features newcomer Brantley Gilbert, kicks off January 19th in Fort Smith, Arkansas.

AUDIO: Eric Church says his crowds are synchronized drinkers.

Eric Church (Drink in My Hand) OC: …are coordinated. :52

“Now ‘Drink in My Hand’ has become its own song now, it’s really like synchronized drinking.  And to look out there and see, there’s so, you can’t imagine — my view is different from everybody’s view. I get to look out at the fans, and they’re all looking, I’m up there by myself, but I’m looking at all of them. And they can’t believe how coordinated they are, you know when the cups go up or they go down or they go side to side, and it almost gets humorous from time to time. I found myself laughing, you know this is really well-organized for it to be a bunch of, 10,000 drunk people out there. They’re really good at this. That’s really where the idea came for ‘Drink in My Hand’ came from. We were out on the bus one night after a show, and it just happened. I had some co-writers with me, and I was kinda laughing about it, we were talking about all the people with their beers in the air, and their cups in the air, and [they’re] just there to party and that’s really where the idea was born. It’s fun now to look out and see that. The energy in that song has tripled now from the people. Now they really are, we’re going to have to start filming it now because they really are coordinated.”