In 2018, Phil Witmer of "Noisey" looked back on "Hold My Liquor" and fellow "Yeezus" track "Black Skinhead", writing that they weren't rap, but 'rock anthems from the 25th century' and branded "Hold My Liquor" as the album's 'emotional peak'. Despite not having been released as a single, "Hold My Liquor" managed to debut at number six on the US "Billboard" Bubbling Under Hot 100 and remained on the chart for only one more week. The track also debuted at number 32 on the US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart upon the album's release and fell down eleven places to number 43 the next week. Before West had officially announced The Yeezus Tour, Mike Dean gave confirmation of a tour for the album and added that "Hold My Liquor" would be great to play live. West subsequently performed it at the KeyArena in Seattle on the tour's opener and again on the second day of West's performance at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. It was again performed on the tour during the first concert at the Barclays Center in New York City, with a gremlin-like monster joining him on stage during it. However, during another performance at Glastonbury in 2015 with Vernon, West forgot the lyrics. When speaking, West said: "[we went] off the rails and [had] a moment of feeling like we're back in the studio, or feeling like we're back in high school" and named Vernon as his favorite living artist. Lorde performed a cover version at the 2013 iHeartRadio Music Festival. In her version, Lorde sang abridged versions of Vernon's intro, Chief Keef's hook, and West's verse, bookending the performing with the line "bitch, I'm back out my coma." According to Jordan Sargent of "Spin", "her backing band kept the beat's shrieking punctuations and played up the bass drum's insistent, almost techno-level thump." ceo uploaded his cover version, titled "My Liquor", to SoundCloud on December 9, 2013, but later deleted it. A revamped version was released by BJ the Chicago Kid on October 7, 2014, titled "Can't Hold My Liquor", which kept several important components of the original. Credits adapted from the "Yeezus" liner notes.