Pop a Top

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title: "Pop a Top" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["1967-singles", "1999-singles", "jim-ed-brown-songs", "alan-jackson-songs", "music-videos-directed-by-steven-goldmann", "song-recordings-produced-by-keith-stegall", "rca-victor-singles", "arista-nashville-singles", "songs-written-by-nat-stuckey", "1967-songs", "song-recordings-produced-by-felton-jarvis", "songs-about-alcohol"] description: "1967 single by Jim Ed Brown" topic_path: "arts" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pop_a_Top" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary 1967 single by Jim Ed Brown ::

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Field	Value
name	Pop a Top
type	single
artist	Jim Ed Brown
album	Just Jim
B-side	Too Good to Be True
released	May 1967
genre	Country
length	2:20
label	RCA Victor
writer	Nat Stuckey
producer	Felton Jarvis
prev_title	You Can Have Her
prev_year	1967
next_title	Bottle, Bottle
next_year	1967
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| name = Pop a Top | cover = | alt = | type = single | artist = Jim Ed Brown | album = Just Jim | B-side = Too Good to Be True | released = May 1967 | recorded = | studio = | venue = | genre = Country | length = 2:20 | label = RCA Victor | writer = Nat Stuckey | producer = Felton Jarvis | prev_title = You Can Have Her | prev_year = 1967 | next_title = Bottle, Bottle | next_year = 1967 | name = Pop a Top | cover = Alanjackson Pop a Top.jpg | alt = | type = single | artist = Alan Jackson | album = Under the Influence | B-side = Revenooer Man | released = October 4, 1999 | recorded = 1999 | studio = | venue = | genre = Country, Western swing | length = 3:04 | label = Arista Nashville 13183 | writer = Nat Stuckey | producer = Keith Stegall | prev_title = Little Man | prev_year = 1999 | next_title = The Blues Man | next_year = 2000 "Pop a Top" is a country song written and originally recorded by Nat Stuckey in 1966. The first hit version was released by Jim Ed Brown in May 1967 as the third and final single from his album Just Jim. The song was a number 3 Billboard country single for Brown in late 1967. It was later revived by Alan Jackson as the lead-off single from his 1999 album Under the Influence. Jackson's version peaked at number 6 on the United States Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart, and number 2 on the Canadian RPM Country Tracks chart.

Content

The narrator, a bar patron, asks the tender to open another bottle of beer for him, and then he'll go. He commences to tell the bartender about his grief because his girl left him, and either he'll hide it with beer, or he'll be at home remembering heɾ. The sound of a metal "pop-top" can being opened was a novelty, and that is a significant factor in the creating of this song. The metallic click and hiss sound of opening this type of container is featured several times in the song.

Music video

The music video for Jackson's version was directed by Steven Goldmann, and features Cledus T. Judd.

The video opens with Judd briefly singing a parody of "Here in the Real World" ("Here in the Beer World") as he walks to the refrigerator to get a bottle of beer. Upon opening the bottle, he suddenly finds himself at a black tie event where Alan Jackson is performing. The video switches between shots of Jackson and his band onstage, Judd socializing, and various people transforming into drunk, working-class, or "country" versions of themselves whenever a glass passes in front of the camera. As the song ends, Judd finds himself back in his kitchen just as he was about to kiss a beautiful woman, and frantically starts opening more beers to try and "get the magic back."

Chart performance

Jim Ed Brown

"Pop a Top" debuted at number 71 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles for the week of May 20, 1967. ::data[format=table] | Chart (1967) | Peak position | |---|---| ::

Alan Jackson

"Pop a Top" debuted at number 49 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of October 9, 1999. ::data[format=table] | Chart (1999) | Peak position | |---|---| ::

Year-end charts

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Chart (2000)	Position
US Country Songs (Billboard)	51
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References

References

1. Whitburn, Joel. (2008). "Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008". Record Research, Inc.
2. (2000). "Best of 2000: Country Songs". [[Prometheus Global Media]].

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