We Were Us

"We Were Us" is a song written by Nicolle Galyon, Jimmy Robbins, and Jon Nite, and sung by Australian country music singer Keith Urban as a duet with American country singer Miranda Lambert. It is the second international single and third overall released from Urban's 2013 album Fuse.

Content

The song is the narrators' reminiscence of lost love. Lambert sings the first verse, Urban sings the second verse, and both sing the choruses and bridge together. It is in the key of D major with a vocal range of A₃-A₅.^[2]

Critical reception

Giving it 4 out of 5 stars, Matt Bjorke of Roughstock compared its theme favorably to "Springsteen" by Eric Church, and praised the blending of Urban's and Lambert's voices, although he criticized the production as "a bit too busy and loud".^[3]

"We Were Us" won Musical Event of the Year at the 2014 CMA Awards.^[4]

Personnel

From liner notes to Fuse:^[5]

Nathan Chapman — drum programming, bass guitar, acoustic guitar, keyboards
Miranda Lambert — vocals
Keith Urban — vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, ganjo

Music video

The music video was directed by Reid Long and premiered in November 2013.^[6]

Commercial performance

The song debuted at number 49 on Country Airplay for the week ending 21 September 2013. The next week, it climbed to number 29, while debuting at 24 on Hot Country Songs.^[7] Its chart run has overlapped with Lambert's single "All Kinds of Kinds", the fifth from her album Four the Record. The song has sold 566,000 copies in the US as of January 2014.^[8]

Charts and certifications

Weekly charts

Chart (2013–14)	Peak position
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)^[9]	25
Canada Country (Billboard)^[10]	2
US Billboard Hot 100^[11]	26
US Country Airplay (Billboard)^[12]	1
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)^[13]	1

Year-end charts

Chart (2013)	Position
US Country Airplay (Billboard)^[14]	57
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)^[15]	62

Chart (2014)	Position
US Country Airplay (Billboard)^[16]	72
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)^[17]	64

Certifications


Region	Certification	Sales/shipments
Canada (Music Canada)^[18]	Gold	40,000^{^}
United States (RIAA)^[19]	Platinum	1,000,000^{^}
^*sales figures based on certification alone ^{^}shipments figures based on certification alone ^xunspecified figures based on certification alone

Preceded by "That's My Kind of Night" by Luke Bryan	Billboard Hot Country Songs number-one single November 23–December 7, 2013	Succeeded by "Stay" by Florida Georgia Line
Preceded by "Mine Would Be You" by Blake Shelton	Billboard Country Airplay number-one single December 7, 2013	Succeeded by "Sunny and 75" by Joe Nichols

References

↑ Roland, Tom (5 September 2013). "Keith Urban Lights a Creative Fire With 'Fuse'". Billboard. Retrieved 25 September 2013.
↑ "'We Were Us' sheet music". MusicNotes.com. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
↑ Bjorke, Matt (19 September 2013). "Single Review: Keith Urban & Miranda Lambert - We Were Us". Roughstock. Retrieved 25 September 2013.
↑ "Dierks Bentley, Keith Urban + Miranda Lambert Are Early 2014 CMA Awards Winners". Taste of Country. November 5, 2014. Retrieved November 5, 2014.
↑ Fuse (Deluxe Edition) (CD booklet). Keith Urban. Capitol Records Nashville/Hit Red Records. 2013. B0019113-02.
↑ "CMT : Videos : Keith Urban : We Were Us". Country Music Television. Retrieved 17 November 2013.
↑ Jessen, Wade (19 September 2013). "Keith Urban's 'Fuse' Ignites On Country Charts". Billboard. Retrieved 25 September 2013.
↑ Conaway, Alanna (2013-01-24). "Country Chart News - The Top 30 Digital Singles - January 22, 2014: Eric Church, Blake Shelton, Cole Swindell, Cassadee Pope, Scotty McCreery Tops". Roughstock.
↑ "Keith Urban – Chart history" Canadian Hot 100 for Keith Urban.
↑ "Keith Urban – Chart history" Billboard Canada Country for Keith Urban.
↑ "Keith Urban – Chart history" Billboard Hot 100 for Keith Urban.
↑ "Keith Urban – Chart history" Billboard Country Airplay for Keith Urban.
↑ "Keith Urban – Chart history" Billboard Hot Country Songs for Keith Urban.
↑ "Best of 2013: Country Airplay". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 2013. Retrieved 13 December 2013.
↑ "Best of 2013: Hot Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 2013. Retrieved 13 December 2013.
↑ "Billboard Country Update for December 15, 2014" (PDF). Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. December 15, 2014. p. 17. Retrieved December 15, 2014.
↑ "Best of 2014: Hot Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 2014. Retrieved December 9, 2014.
↑ "Canadian single certifications – Keith Urban – We Were Us". Music Canada. Retrieved January 10, 2014.
↑ "American single certifications – Keith Urban – We Were Us". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved March 21, 2015. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Single, then click SEARCH

Keith Urban singles

Keith Urban (1991)	"Only You" "I Never Work on a Sunday" "Arms of Mary" "The River"

Keith Urban (1999)	"It's a Love Thing" "Your Everything" "But for the Grace of God" "Where the Blacktop Ends"

Golden Road	"Somebody Like You" "Raining on Sunday" "Who Wouldn't Wanna Be Me" "You'll Think of Me"

Be Here	"Days Go By" "You're My Better Half" "Making Memories of Us" "Better Life" "Tonight I Wanna Cry"

Love, Pain & the Whole Crazy Thing	"Once in a Lifetime" "Stupid Boy" "I Told You So" "Everybody"

Greatest Hits: 19 Kids	"You Look Good in My Shirt"

Defying Gravity	"Sweet Thing" "Kiss a Girl" "Only You Can Love Me This Way" "'Til Summer Comes Around" "I'm In"

Get Closer	"Put You in a Song" "Without You" "Long Hot Summer" "You Gonna Fly"

Act of Valor: The Album	"For You"

Fuse	"Little Bit of Everything" "Shame" "We Were Us" (with Miranda Lambert) "Cop Car" "Somewhere in My Car" "Raise 'Em Up" (with Eric Church)

Ripcord	"John Cougar, John Deere, John 3:16" "Break on Me"

Guest singles	"America the Beautiful" "The Twelfth of Never" (with Dolly Parton) "Funky Tonight" (with The John Butler Trio) "In God's Hands" (with Nelly Furtado) "Start a Band" (with Brad Paisley) "Blue Sky" (with Emily West) "Lean on Me" (with Sheryl Crow and Kid Rock)

Related articles	"Highway Don't Care" (with Tim McGraw and Taylor Swift)

Miranda Lambert singles

Kerosene	"Me and Charlie Talking" "Bring Me Down" "Kerosene" "New Strings"

Crazy Ex-Girlfriend	"Crazy Ex-Girlfriend" "Famous in a Small Town" "Gunpowder & Lead" "More Like Her"

Revolution	"Dead Flowers" "White Liar" "The House That Built Me" "Only Prettier" "Heart Like Mine"

Four the Record	"Baggage Claim" "Over You" "Fastest Girl in Town" "Mama's Broken Heart" "All Kinds of Kinds"

Platinum	"Automatic" "Somethin' Bad" (with Carrie Underwood) "Little Red Wagon" "Smokin' and Drinkin'" (with Little Big Town)

Featured singles	"Coal Miner's Daughter" (with Loretta Lynn and Sheryl Crow) "We Were Us" (with Keith Urban) "Wrote a Song for Everyone" (with John Fogerty and Tom Morello) "Annie's New Gun" (with Gwen Sebastian)

Promotional singles	"Jingle Bell Rock" (with Blake Shelton)

Related articles	"Home" (with Blake Shelton)

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