About This Song
About "Hittin' the Bottle" by Harold Arlen
Arlen's 'Hittin' the Bottle' staggers with a woozy, prohibition-era swagger. Brassy stabs and a lurching rhythm mimic the tilt of a speakeasy floor, the tune a bittersweet cocktail of escape and despair—a toast to oblivion that sounds increasingly like a cry for help.
