Timberlake performed " Drink You Away " for the first time at the 2013 American Music Awards held at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles ; '' Rolling Stone '' 's Grow ranked the performance at number five out of 16 performances that night . The song was part of the setlist of The 20/20 Experience World Tour ( 2013 – 15 ) . Timberlake and Chris Stapleton performed the song together along with the latter 's " Tennessee Whiskey " at the Country Music Association Awards on November 4 , 2015 . '' Rolling Stone '' magazine praised it as " the best performance of the entire show " , while '' The New York Times '' editor Katie Rogers highlighted Timberlake 's crossover appeal . '' Entertainment Weekly '' declared it as one of the best performances of 2015 and wrote , " In an unapologetic display of talent , Nashville met Motown during country music ’s biggest night for a hands-in-the-air , take-us-to-church mash-up that was everything you hope for from an all-star duet . " American country music artist Craig Morgan has performed the song at several of his concerts . David Fanning 's cover of " Drink You Away " peaked at number 58 on the Country Airplay chart
2013 American Music Awards
American Music Awards of 2013
Drink You Away