Mr. Bartender (It's So Easy)

"Mr. Bartender (It's So Easy)"
Single by Sugar Ray
from the album In the Pursuit of Leisure
Released	April 28, 2003
Genre	Alternative rock
Length	3:31
Songwriter(s)	Sugar Ray
Producer(s)	David Kahne
Sugar Ray singles chronology
"Ours" (2002) "Mr. Bartender (It's So Easy)" (2003) "Is She Really Going Out with Him?" (2003)

"Mr. Bartender (It's So Easy)" is a song by American rock band Sugar Ray. It was released in April 2003 as the lead single from their album, In the Pursuit of Leisure. The song reached number 20 on the Billboard Adult Top 40 Tracks and featured hip hop artist ProHoeZak.

It heavily samples the R&B group Midnight Star's 1983 single "No Parking (On the Dance Floor)," in addition to incorporating the main guitar riff from Sweet's 1978 hit, "Love is Like Oxygen".

Music video

The music video premiered in May 2003 and features the band working at a car wash.

Charts

Chart performance for "Mr. Bartender (It's So Easy)"

Chart (2003)	Peak position
Australia (ARIA)[1]	85
US Adult Pop Airplay (Billboard)[2]	20
US Pop (Radio & Records)[3]	39

References

1. Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 271.
2. "Sugar Ray Chart History (Adult Pop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved October 19, 2022.
3. https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Archive-RandR/2000s/2003/RR-2003-06-13.pdf