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Recreate '99 bottles of beers on the wall'. 
The desired output is this:
```
99 bottles of beer on the wall, 99 bottles of beer.
Take one down and pass it around, 98 bottles of beer on the wall.
98 bottles of beer on the wall, 98 bottles of beer.
Take one down and pass it around, 97 bottles of beer on the wall.
97 bottles of beer on the wall, 97 bottles of beer.
Take one down and pass it around, 96 bottles of beer on the wall.
96 bottles of beer on the wall, 96 bottles of beer.
Take one down and pass it around, 95 bottles of beer on the wall.
95 bottles of beer on the wall, 95 bottles of beer.
Take one down and pass it around, 94 bottles of beer on the wall.
....
3 bottles of beer on the wall, 3 bottles of beer.
Take one down and pass it around, 2 bottles of beer on the wall.
2 bottles of beer on the wall, 2 bottles of beer.
Take one down and pass it around, 1 bottle of beer on the wall.
1 bottle of beer on the wall, 1 bottle of beer.
Go to the store and buy some more, 99 bottles of beer on the wall.
```
Show me how you would solve this with your favorite programming language. Most creative use of a language wins.
  
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## Brainf\*\*\* (1,509)
I figured I could trump [this](https://codegolf.stackexchange.com/questions/2/99-bottles-of-beer/422#422) answer by not only making 9 beer bottles instead of 1, but also by only using 7 different characters in the code.
```
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```
I do have to admit though, there is a bug in the code (maybe you can figure out how to fix it for me?) and it does not print the final sentence, `Go to the store and buy some more, 99 bottles of beer on the wall.` But other than that, it functions just as well as any of the programs made in those sissy programming languages everyone else seems to like to use.
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## [Funciton](http://esolangs.org/wiki/Funciton)
I wrote this just the other day. :) (Screenshots: [start](http://content.screencast.com/users/Timwi/folders/Jing/media/c3c9f9c0-23c1-4d08-9042-a4235dff077b/2011-05-08_1350.png) and [finish](http://content.screencast.com/users/Timwi/folders/Jing/media/d3378d56-9db7-4b31-9569-00cbe71afaa8/2011-05-08_1351.png))
Since this looks ugly in StackExchange due to the extra line spacing, consider running the following code in your browser’s JavaScript console to fix that: `$('pre').css('line-height',1)`
```
                                            ╓┬────╖
     ╔════╗  ┌───╖                          ╟┘99b ║
     ║ −1 ╟──┤ + ╟──┐                       ╙──┬──╜
     ╚════╝  ╘═╤═╝  ├──────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────┐
     ╔════╗  ┌─┴─╖  │  ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗│
     ║ 99 ╟──┤ ? ╟──┘  ║ 93438979891487426396059469986395555362079573844971 ║│
     ╚════╝  ╘═╤═╝     ║ 71377306928718494179034460561943201885027745835961 ║│
            ┌──┴───╖   ║ 98129935108241412387473531261660077880505710501626 ║│
    ╔════╗  │ 99bp ║   ║ 32694396343717333192558234646820019070451056711    ║│
    ║ 99 ║  ╘══╤═══╝   ╚══════════════════════════╤═════════════════════════╝│
    ╚═╤══╝   ┌─┴─╖                       ┌───╖  ┌─┴─╖  ╔═════════════════╗   │
   ┌──┴──╖   │ ‼ ╟───────────────────────┤ ‼ ╟──┤ ? ╟──╢ 445551776368547 ║   │
   │ 99b ║   ╘═╤═╝┌─────────────────────┐╘═╤═╝  ╘═╤═╝  ║ 925186328623383 ║   │
   ╘══╤══╝     │  │╔═══════════════════╗│  │      │    ║ 851314944882510 ║   │
      │        │  │║ 15177132563375318 ║│  │      │    ║ 812246570019017 ║   │
 ╔════════╗    │  │║ 07655616350359109 ║│  │      │    ║ 240477365113929 ║   │
 ║ 318287 ║    │  │║ 82597577171382437 ║│  │      │    ║ 659548419629671 ║   │
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 ║ 603558 ║    │  │║ 2022986808360992  ║│  │      │    ║ 759402210908648 ║   │
 ║ 743780 ║    │  │╚══════════╤════════╝│  │      │    ║ 737406010882693 ║   │
 ║ 068900 ║    │  │         ┌─┴─╖ ┌───╖ │  │      │    ║ 018745757193818 ║   │
 ║ 028319 ║    │  │         │ ‼ ╟─┤ ‼ ╟─┘  │      │    ║ 597439618635403 ║   │
 ║ 948400 ║    │  │         ╘═╤═╝ ╘═╤═╝    │      │    ║ 821854707881243 ║   │
 ║ 620075 ║    │  │         ┌─┴─╖   │    ┌─┴─╖    │    ║ 92049082452     ║   │
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 ║ 651333 ║    │   ╔═══╗│┌──────╖│╔════╗│ ╔╧═════════╗          │            │
 ║ 590970 ║    │   ║ 0 ║└┤ 99bp ╟┘║ −1 ║└┐║ 20971566 ║          ├────────────┘
 ║ 678045 ║    │   ╚══╤╝ ╘══════╝ ╚══╤═╝ │╚══════════╝          │
 ║ 336290 ║  ┌─┴─╖  ┌─┴─╖  ┌─────╖  ┌┴──╖├──────────────────────┘
 ║ 721824 ╟──┤ ‼ ╟──┤ ? ╟──┤ 99b ╟──┤ + ║│
 ╚════════╝  ╘═══╝  ╘═╤═╝  ╘═════╝  ╘═╤═╝│    ╓┬──────╖
                      └───────┬───────┘  │    ╟┘ 99bp ║
                              └──────────┘    ╙───┬───╜
 ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────┴──────────────┐
 │╔══════════════════════════════════════════╗╔═══════════╗      │
 │║ 8592134145756414358602136806465202028576 ║║ 232783950 ║      │
 │╚══════════════════════════════╤═══════════╝╚╤══════════╝      │
 │               ┌───╖  ╔═══╗  ┌─┴─╖  ┌───╖  ┌─┴─╖  ┌─────────╖  │
 └───────────────┤ = ╟──╢ 1 ║  │ ‼ ╟──┤ ‼ ╟──┤ ? ╟──┤ int→str ╟──┴┐
                 ╘═╤═╝  ╚═══╝  ╘═╤═╝  ╘═╤═╝  ╘═╤═╝  ╘═════════╝   │
          ╔═══╗  ┌─┴─╖         ┌─┴─╖    │      └──────────────────┘
          ║ 0 ╟──┤ ? ╟─────────┤ ‼ ╟──┐
          ╚═══╝  ╘═╤═╝         ╘═══╝  │
              ╔════╧╗╔════════════════╧════════════════════════════════╗
              ║ 115 ║║ 20338288213193790107412311132593873016630280224 ║
              ╚═════╝╚═════════════════════════════════════════════════╝
```
[Answer]
# Perl (410 characters)
There's [already a website dedicated](http://99-bottles-of-beer.net/tophits.html) to this contest:
One of the Perl solutions would be very very hard to
beat in terms of creativity, it reads:
[bottles.pl]
```
         $a=
        "cpuu
       \bmft p
       \bg cff
       \bs";$b
       ="po ui
       \bf xbm
      \bm";$c="
      Ypv ublf p
     \bof epxo qb
   \btt ju bspvoe";
  $a =~ s/\n//;$a =~
  s/\s+/ /g; $b   =~
  s/\n// ;  $b    =~
  s/\s+/ /g;$c    =~
  s/\n// ;  $c    =~
  s/\s+/ /g;$a    =~
  y/b-z/a-z/;$b   =~
  tr/b-z/a-z/;$c  =~
  tr/b-z/a-z/ ; for(
  $d=100;$d>0;$d--){
  print"$d $a $b $d"
  ;print" $a,\n$c, "
  ;print($d-1);print
  " $a $b.\n";} $x =
  "cjc"; $y="dobbz";
  $z="com";print"\n"
  ;print "- $x\@$y."
   ;print"$z \n\n";
```
Here's the link to the [original file](http://99-bottles-of-beer.net/download/658).
[Answer]
# jQuery + FireBug Console
```
$('code:first').text()
```
;)
[Answer]
**HQ9+ (1 character)**
```
9
```
Admittedly its not a Turing complete language, but this still counts
[Answer]
Who said C# had too much ceremony? Whoever it was, they have never been so right.
```
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
namespace _99Bottles
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            PrintSong(99);
        }
        static void PrintSong(int bottleCount)
        {
            Func<int, string> sOrBlank = howMany => howMany > 1 ? "s" : "";
            PrintBottles(howManyBottles =>
            {
                Console.WriteLine("{0} bottle{1} of beer on the wall, {0} bottle{1} of beer.", howManyBottles, sOrBlank(howManyBottles));
                if (howManyBottles > 1)
                {
                    Console.WriteLine("Take one down and pass it around, {0} bottle{1} of beer on the wall.", --howManyBottles, sOrBlank(howManyBottles));
                }
                else
                {
                    Console.WriteLine("Go to the store and buy some more, 99 bottles of beer on the wall.", --howManyBottles);
                }
            },
            bottleCount);
        }
        static void PrintBottles(Action<int> printBottles, int count)
        {
            printBottles(count);
            if (count > 1)
            {
                PrintBottles(printBottles, --count);
            }
         }
    }
}
```
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# C
This program is generating the complete song text as single string using the preprocessor. The actual C code just outputs the string thus constructed. Calling `strings` on the generated executable will reveal the complete song text in the executable.
```
#define BOTTLES(n) n " bottles of beer"
#define BOTTLE "1 bottle of beer"
#define OTW " on the wall, "
#define TAKE "Take one down, pass it around, "
#define BUY "Go to the store and buy some more, "
#define STOP "."
#define NL "\n"
#define LINE1(n) BOTTLES(n) OTW BOTTLES(n) STOP NL
#define LINE1A BOTTLE OTW BOTTLE STOP NL
#define LINE2(n) TAKE BOTTLES(n) STOP NL
#define LINE2A TAKE BOTTLE STOP NL
#define LINEX BUY BOTTLES("99") NL
#define MIDDLEPART(n) LINE2(n) NL LINE1(n)
#define MIDDLELAST LINE2A NL LINE1A
#define EIGHT_TO_TWO(S, M) M(S "8") M(S "7") M(S "6") M(S "5") M(S "4") M(S "3") M(S "2")
#define EIGHT_TO_ONE(S, M) EIGHT_TO_TWO(S, M) M(S "1")
#define EIGHT_TO_TWO_AGAIN(S, M) M(S "8") M(S "7") M(S "6") M(S "5") M(S "4") M(S "3") M(S "2")
#define EIGHT_TO_ONE_AGAIN(S, M) EIGHT_TO_TWO_AGAIN(S, M) M(S "1")
#define NINE_TO_TWO(S, M) M(S "9") EIGHT_TO_TWO(S, M)
#define EIGHT_TO_ZERO(S, M) EIGHT_TO_ONE(S, M) M(S "0")
#define NINE_TO_ZERO(S, M) M(S "9") EIGHT_TO_ZERO(S, M)
#define NINETIES EIGHT_TO_ZERO("9", MIDDLEPART)
#define NTIES(n) NINE_TO_ZERO(n, MIDDLEPART)
#define EIGHTIES_TO_TENS EIGHT_TO_ONE_AGAIN("", NTIES)
#define NAUGHTIES NINE_TO_TWO("", MIDDLEPART)
#define SONG LINE1("99") NINETIES EIGHTIES_TO_TENS NAUGHTIES MIDDLELAST LINEX
#include <stdio.h>
int main()
{
  puts(SONG);
  return 0;
}
```
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**C# (312 310 304 characters)**
```
class P{static void Main(){string b=" bottle",w=" on the wall",o=" of beer",p=".\n",s="s";for(int i=99;i>0;i--)System.Console.Write(i+b+(i>1?s:"")+o+w+", "+i+b+(i>1?s:"")+o+p+(i>1?"Take one down and pass it around, "+(i-1)+b+(i-1>1?s:"")+o+w+p+"\n":"Go to the store and buy some more, "+99+b+s+o+w+p));}}
```
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## C#
Not intended to be short, but perhaps this counts as creative?
```
using System;
using System.Linq;
class Program
{
    static void Main()
    {
        Console.WriteLine(string.Join(Environment.NewLine, Enumerable.Range(0, 100).Select(i =>
            string.Format(
                string.Format(
                    "{0} {1} {{3}} {{4}},{{9}}{0} {1} {{3}}.{{9}}{2},{{9}}{3} {4} {{3}} {{4}}.{{9}}",
                    i == 99 ? "{0}" : "{7}",
                    i == 98 ? "{1}" : "{2}",
                    i == 99 ? "{6}" : "{5}",
                    i == 98 ? "{0}" : "{8}",
                    i == 97 ? "{1}" : "{2}"
                ),
                "No",
                "bottle",
                "bottles",
                "of beer",
                "on the wall",
                "Take one down, pass it around",
                "Go to the store, buy some more",
                99 - i,
                (198 - i) % 100,
                Environment.NewLine
        ))));
    }
}
```
Note this is just a single statement :)
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Definitely doesn't qualify as creative, but it gets'r done from the command line with a single command.
```
perl -e '$i=99;while($i>1){print("$i bottles of beer on the wall, $i bottles of beer.\nTake one down and pass it around, ".--$i." bottles of beer on the wall\n\n");}print("1 bottle of beer on the wall, 1 bottle of beer.\nGo to the store and buy some more, 99 bottles of beer on the wall.\n");'
```
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## Haskell, 272, 250, 243 characters
```
(&)=(++)
b 1=" bottle"
b _=b 1&"s"
w=" on the wall"
p n=show n&b n&" of beer"
f n=putStrLn$p n&w&","&p n&".\n"&c(n-1)
c 0="Go to the store and buy some more, "&p 99&w&"."
c n="Take one down and pass it around, "&p n&w&"\n"
main=mapM f[99,98..1]
```
[Answer]
## Windows PowerShell (198)
```
filter b{"$_ bottle$('s'*!!--$_) of beer"}(99..1|%{($_|b)+($w=' on the wall')+", $($_|b)."
"Take one down and pass it around, $(--$_|b)$w.
"})[0..196]
"Go to the store and buy some more, $(99|b)$w."
```
Fairly straightforward.
I'm using a filter for the bottles of beer, since `function` is longer and invocation needs parentheses in any case. The plural detection (`!!--$_`) first decrements the number of bottles by one (so plural is anything non-zero), casts it to boolean and negates it with the first `!` and negates it again so we now have a boolean describing whether the number needs a plural or not. This is then implicitly casted to an integer when multiplying the string.
Inline line breaks are fun.
Spawning more lines than needed and cutting back afterwards, too.
[Answer]
## Curl 19 characters
(requires internet connection)
```
curl -L j.mp/eGv9K5
```
[Answer]
Almost-correct anti-golf from the uber-eager new C programmer who's learning Perl?
```
#!/usr/bin/perl
#      ^
#      |
#      |
# That's the Perl interpreter.
# You might need to change this line based on
# your Linux/Unix distribution.
# Pragmas for debugging!
use strict;
use warnings;
# Library dependencies...none! lolz
# Main implementation
my $number_of_bottles_of_beer_on_the_wall = 99; #start with 99 bottles
LOOP: while( $number_of_bottles_of_beer_on_the_wall > 0 )
{
  printf( "%d bottles of beer on the wall, %d bottles of beer\n",
          $number_of_bottles_of_beer_on_the_wall,
          $number_of_bottles_of_beer_on_the_wall,                  );
  if( $number_of_bottles_of_beer_on_the_wall > 1 )
  {
    $number_of_bottles_of_beer_on_the_wall -= 1;
    printf( "Take one down and pass it around, %d bottles of beer on the wall.\n\n",
            $number_of_bottles_of_beer_on_the_wall,                               );
  }
  else
  {
    printf( "Go to the store and buy some more, %d bottles of beer on the wall\n",
            99                                                                     );
    last LOOP;
  }
}
```
[Answer]
# JavaScript (216 228 215)
```
for(a=99,c=" on the wall";a;)document.write((d=eval(b="(a||99)+' bottle'+(a-1?'s':'')+' of beer'"))+c+", "+d+".<br>"+(--a?"Take one down and pass it around, ":"Go to the store and buy some more, ")+eval(b)+c+".<p>")
```
Edit: Had a single "1 bottles of beer" in initial version, 3rd version is completely rewritten, notice cool tricks like `(a||99)` to get 99 in the last line, `(a-1?'s':'')` making plural for every case but `a==1` though without need for the wasteful `==`, and setting the value of `b` inside a statement where it is used.
[Answer]
**C**
I must have missed this question, so here's a version I posted as an answer elsewhere. It's a C quine based version. Compile and run to get next line of song. Repeat until bored. If code says "Time to go..." then enter number of beers next time you run as a command line argument.
```
// Time to go to the shop and get some beer
//
//
//
//
// #####.#####.#####.#####.#####.#####.#####
// ##.#####.#####.#####.#####.#####.#####.##
// #####.#####.#####.#####.#####.#####.#####
// ##.#####.#####.#####.#####.#####.#####.##
char *z [] = {
"void l(char *s,int b){int i;printf(\"// \");for(i=0;i<b;++i)printf(s);",
"printf(\"\\n\");}\nint main(int argc, char *argv[]){\nint i,j,k,x=%d;",
"char*p;\nif(!x&&argc==2)x=atoi(argv[1]);\nif(!x){printf(\"// Time to ",
"go to the shop and get some beer\\n//\\n//\\n//\\n//\\n\");k=7;\n",
"}else{printf(\"// %%d bottles of beer on the wall, %%d bottles of beer",
".\\n\",x,x);printf(\"// Take one down and pass it round, \");\n",
"if(x>1)printf(\"%%d bottles of beer on the wall.\\n//\\n\",x-1);\n",
"else printf(\"no more bottles of beer on the wall.\\n//\\n\");\n",
"k=x>2?x:2;l(\"  ^   \",x);l(\" / \\\\  \",x);l(\"/   \\\\ \",x);",
"l(\"|   | \",x);l(\"|Duf| \",x);l(\"|   | \",x);l(\"----- \",x);}\n",
"for(i=0;i<4;++i){\nprintf(\"// %%s\", i&1 ? \"##.\" : \"\");\n",
"for(j=i&1;j<k;++j)\nprintf(\"%%s#####\",j!=(i&1)?\".\":\"\");\n",
"printf(\"%%s\\n\",i&1?\".##\":\"\");}\nprintf(\"\\nchar *z [] = {\\n\");\n",
"for(i=0;i<sizeof z/sizeof z[0];++i){\nprintf(\"\\\"\");\n",
"for(p=z[i];*p;++p)\nswitch (*p){\ncase '\\n':printf(\"\\\\n\");break;\n",
"case '\\\\':printf(\"%%c%%c\",92,92);break;\n",
"case '%%':printf(\"%%c\",37);break;\ncase '\"':printf(\"%%c%%c\",92,'\"');break;\n",
"default:printf(\"%%c\", *p);break;}\nprintf(\"\\\",\\n\");}\n",
"printf(\"};\\n\");\nfor(i=0;i<sizeof z/sizeof z[0];++i)\n",
"printf(z[i],x?x-1:0);}\n",
};
void l(char *s,int b){int i;printf("// ");for(i=0;i<b;++i)printf(s);printf("\n");}
int main(int argc, char *argv[]){
int i,j,k,x=0;char*p;
if(!x&&argc==2)x=atoi(argv[1]);
if(!x){printf("// Time to go to the shop and get some beer\n//\n//\n//\n//\n");k=7;
}else{printf("// %d bottles of beer on the wall, %d bottles of beer.\n",x,x);printf("// Take one down and pass it round, ");
if(x>1)printf("%d bottles of beer on the wall.\n//\n",x-1);
else printf("no more bottles of beer on the wall.\n//\n");
k=x>2?x:2;l("  ^   ",x);l(" / \\  ",x);l("/   \\ ",x);l("|   | ",x);l("|Duf| ",x);l("|   | ",x);l("----- ",x);}
for(i=0;i<4;++i){
printf("// %s", i&1 ? "##." : "");
for(j=i&1;j<k;++j)
printf("%s#####",j!=(i&1)?".":"");
printf("%s\n",i&1?".##":"");}
printf("\nchar *z [] = {\n");
for(i=0;i<sizeof z/sizeof z[0];++i){
printf("\"");
for(p=z[i];*p;++p)
switch (*p){
case '\n':printf("\\n");break;
case '\\':printf("%c%c",92,92);break;
case '%':printf("%c",37);break;
case '"':printf("%c%c",92,'"');break;
default:printf("%c", *p);break;}
printf("\",\n");}
printf("};\n");
for(i=0;i<sizeof z/sizeof z[0];++i)
printf(z[i],x?x-1:0);}
```
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# Javascript (285)
This assumes there is a function called print, to output a string.
```
b=' of beer on the wall';n=100;while(--n>1)if(n>1)print(n+" bottles"+b+', '+n+" bottles of beer.\nTake one down and pass it around, "+(n-1)+' bottle'+(n-1>1?'s':'')+b+'.\n\n');print("1 bottle"+b+", 1 bottle of beer.\nGo to the store and buy some more, 99 bottles of beer on the wall.")
```
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# Scheme (270)
No whitespace: 
```
(let l((i 99))(let((b" bottle")(c" on the wall")(d"Take one down and pass it around,")(e".\n")(f", ")(g" of beer"))(if(= i 1)(map display`(1,b,g,c,f,1,b,g,e"Go to the store and buy some more, 99",b,c,e))(begin(map display`(,i,b,g,c,f,i,b,e,d,i,b,c,e"\n"))(l(-1+ i))))))
```
With whitespace: 
```
    (let l ((i 99))
      (let ((b" bottle")
            (c" on the wall")
            (d"Take one down and pass it around, ")
            (e".\n")
            (f", ")
            (g" of beer"))
        (if (= i 1)
            (map display`(1 ,b ,g ,c ,f ,1 ,b ,g ,e
                          "Go to the store and buy some more, 99" ,b ,c ,e))
            (begin (map display `(,i ,b ,g ,c ,f ,i ,b ,e ,d ,i ,b ,c ,e "\n"))
                   (l (-1+ i))))))
```
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# Python - a lot
Amidoinitrite?
```
print"""99 bottles of beer on the wall, 99 bottles of beer.
Take one down and pass it around, 98 bottles of beer on the wall.
98 bottles of beer on the wall, 98 bottles of beer.
Take one down and pass it around, 97 bottles of beer on the wall.
97 bottles of beer on the wall, 97 bottles of beer.
Take one down and pass it around, 96 bottles of beer on the wall.
96 bottles of beer on the wall, 96 bottles of beer.
Take one down and pass it around, 95 bottles of beer on the wall.
95 bottles of beer on the wall, 95 bottles of beer.
Take one down and pass it around, 94 bottles of beer on the wall.
....
  Ok, this is stupid. First of all, what the brainfuck are the bottles doing on the wall? They're not spiders nor picture frames. And how are they sitting on the wall?
94 bottles of beer on the wall, 9.. oops, they fell down. 94 bottles of beer on the floor, 94 bottles of beer.
  Second.. who the HQ9+ wants to keep track? I think I lost count after drinking the 2nd one...
Take one ... um... up, and pass it around,  .....  er.. a lot of bottles of beer still on the floor.
  Fourthly, what's with this passing around scheme? They're not j..I mean letters, yeah, or boxes of chocolate. We all can just take one and drink it. It's healthier too.
A pile of bottles of beer on the floor, a pile of bottles of beer.
Everyone take one up and drink it, still a whole bunch of bottles of beer on the floor.
  Um.. seventhly, are we really that many in this assembly that we can finish 200 or however many bottles we had in the beginning? Without passing out?
Go to the store and buy some more
  Yeah and who's gonna pay for it? Definitely not me. And how are you going to bring 300 bottles back from the store?
  In your car? Buddy, you're so drunk, you can't even C anything. Go home dude, go home. Take a cab."""
```
Additional reference (helped me a lot with the code): <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0Z0raWIHXk>
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## Python (318)
I found this way of making a Python program shorter :)
```
exec'eJxtjrFqwzAQQHd/xVVgLCVqSbq5RHO2TtlcgyX7Qk3luyAphP59ZA0thGzi9O7es0bUERyn5DE/+AwOMdTxi0TljLeLmyzQB4GlaaCBg/hkWDigqMb/76aZz0CHHaCPCLaWTpLSTWw2kl7MXmkBTJC+EW7Wey3U9hmzzqU42R/MNMLEt6KFi40R5gQ28JUmndO0ODIkLhdjyjWFc9dfiLxg6Vsx1ZExu36Vddn2miVD2w59R4d9/6d+f8h7Wze3Y+GrS5gpwSjbVlV3Y1BZCg=='.decode('base64').decode('zip')
```
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## [Rebmu](http://hostilefork.com/rebmu/) — 167 characters
`M N 99 Bdz[cb[n{ bottle}egN 1{s}{}{ of beer}]]loN[cb[b W{ on the wall}C{, }b P{.}lfEZ--n[Nm{Go to the store and buy some more}]{Take one down and pass it around}cBwPlf]]`
Could probably shave a few characters off, this was just a first try. :)
Here's equivalent [Rebol](https://stackoverflow.com/tags/rebol/info) which has the shorthand boiled out. Still pretty competitive especially considering the clarity:
```
m: n: 99
b: does [
    combine [n { bottle} either n > 1 {s} {} { of beer}]
]
loop n [
    print combine [
        b w: { on the wall} c: {, } b p: {.} newline
        either 0 == -- n [
            n: m
            {Go to the store and buy some more}
        ] [
            {Take one down, and pass it around}
        ]
        c b w p newline
    ]
]
```
Commented source code [available on GitHub](https://github.com/hostilefork/rebmu/blob/master/examples/99bottles.rebmu)
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## PHP: 285 240 233 231 Characters
```
$i=99;$b=" bottles of beer";$o=" bottle of beer";$c=" on the wall";while($i>1){echo"$i$b$c, $i$b.\nTake one down and pass it around, ".--$i.(($i>1)?$b:$o).$c.".\n\n";}echo"$i$o$c, $i$o.\nGo to the store and buy some more, 99$b$c.";
```
Output here: <http://ideone.com/5fQmcd>
[Answer]
## Python, 241 chars
```
s=""
i=99
b="%d bottl%s of beer"
w=" on the wall"
t="Take one down and pass it around, "
p=q="es"
while i:s+=b%(i,p)+w+", "+b%(i,p)+".\n";i-=1;p=p[:i];s+=t+b%(i,p)+w+".\n\n"
print s[:-64]+"Go to the store and buy some more, "+b%(99,q)+w+"."
```
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## Ruby, 274 bytes
Still pretty new to Ruby, really just playing around
```
o =" bottles of beer";w=" on the wall";t="Take one down and pass it around, ";s=" bottle of beer"
99.downto(3){|b|puts"#{b}#{o+w}, #{b}#{o}.\n#{t}#{b-1}#{o+w}.\n\n"}
puts"2 #{o+w}, 2 #{o}.\n#{t}1#{s}#{w}.\n\n1#{s+w}, 1#{s}.\nGo to the store and buy some more, 99#{o+w}."
```
[Answer]
# C# (299 characters)
```
using System;class D{static void Main(){string a="s",z="",w=" on the wall",q=", ",p=".\n",b=" bottle",c=" of beer";for(int O=99;O>=1;)Console.WriteLine(O+b+(O>1?a:z)+c+w+q+O+b+(O>1?a:z)+c+p+(--O>0?"Take one down and pass it around, "+O:"Go to the store and buy some more, 99")+b+(O==1?z:a)+c+w+p);}}
```
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## JavaScript (7 functions)
Not golfed. This is intended as a (mostly) functional implementation of the song.
```
function firstUpper(s) {
    return s.slice(0, 1).toUpperCase() + s.slice(1);
}
function bottles(x) {
    return (x || "no more") + " " + (x == 1 ? "bottle" : "bottles") + " of beer";
}
function wall(x) {
    return bottles(x) + " on the wall";
}
function line1(x) {
    return wall(x) + ", " + bottles(x) + ".";
}
function line2(x, max) {
     return (x ? "take one down and pass it around, " + wall(x - 1) : "go to the store and buy some more, " + wall(max)) + ".";
}
function verse(x, max) {
    return [line1(x), line2(x, max)].map(firstUpper).join("\n") + "\n\n";
}
function song(max) {
    var text = "";
    for(var x = max; x >= 0; x--) {
        text += verse(x, max);
    }
    return text;
}
print(song(99));
```
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# Go (263)
```
package main
import "fmt"
func main(){b,i,e,r:=fmt.Println,99,"bottles","of beer on the wall"
for i>0{b(i,e,r+",",i,e,r[:7]+".")
if i--;i<2{e=e[:6]}
if i>0{b("Take one down and pass it around,",i,e,r+`.
`)}}
b("Go to the store and buy some more,",99,e+"s",r+".")}
```
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## PHP - 252 bytes
```
$a=" bottles of beer";$b=str_replace("s","",$a);$c=" on the wall";for($i=98;$i;)echo($j=$i+1).$a.$c.", ".$j.$a.".
Take one down and pass it around, ".$i.($i-->1?$a:$b).$c.".
";echo"1".$b.$c.", 1".$b.".
Go to the store and buy some more, 99".$a.$c.".";
```
I hope I'll compress some more tomorrow.
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## Ruby 1.9.2p136 : 223
I'm no coward, you can read mine ;p
```
b="%d bottle%s of beer"
w=' on the wall'
99.downto(1){|z|s=b%[z,z>1?'s':'']
puts s+w+", "+s+".
"+(z>1?"Take one down and pass it around, "+b%[z-1,z>2?'s':'']+w+".
" :'Go to the store and buy some more, '+b%[99,'s']+w+".")}
```
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# (Oracle) SQL
No character count, I didn't golf it. Just found this a fun way to do it.
```
WITH
   bottles AS (
      SELECT LEVEL - 1 AS bottle 
      FROM dual
      CONNECT BY LEVEL <= &number_of_bottles + 1
   ),
   fragments AS (
      SELECT
         'no more ' AS none,
         'bottles of beer' AS supply,
         ' on the wall' AS wall,
         'Take one down and pass it around' AS drink,
         'Go to the store and buy some more' AS refill,
         CHR(13) || CHR(10) AS newline
      FROM dual
   ),
   combined AS (
      SELECT
         b.bottle,
         DECODE(
            b.bottle, 
            1, b.bottle || ' ' || REPLACE(f.supply, 's'),
            0, f.none || f.supply,  
            b.bottle || ' ' || f.supply
         ) AS supply
      FROM bottles b
      CROSS JOIN fragments f
   ),
   two_lines AS (
      SELECT LEVEL AS line
      FROM dual
      CONNECT BY LEVEL <= 2
   )
SELECT
   CASE l.line
      WHEN 1 THEN REPLACE(c1.supply, 'n', 'N') || f.wall || ', ' || c1.supply || '.'
      WHEN 2 THEN DECODE(b.bottle, 0, f.refill, f.drink) || ', '  || c2.supply || f.wall || '.' 
   END AS song 
FROM bottles b
LEFT JOIN combined c1 ON (c1.bottle = b.bottle)
LEFT JOIN combined c2 ON (c2.bottle = DECODE(b.bottle - 1, -1, &number_of_bottles, b.bottle - 1))
CROSS JOIN two_lines l
CROSS JOIN fragments f
ORDER BY
   b.bottle DESC,
   l.line;
```
]