Without You (Keith Urban song)

"Without You"
Single by Keith Urban
from the album Get Closer
Released 7 February 2011
Genre
Length 3:56
Label Capitol Nashville
Writer(s) Joe West
Dave Pahanish[2]
Producer(s) Dann Huff
Keith Urban
Keith Urban singles chronology
"Put You in a Song"
(2010)		 "Without You"
(2011)		 "Long Hot Summer"
(2011)

"Without You" is a song written by Joe West and Dave Pahanish,[2] and recorded by Australian country music artist Keith Urban. It was released in February 2011 as the second single from the album Get Closer. The song has since reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts.[3]

The song is not to be confused with a song of the same title, while Urban recorded on his Australian self titled 1991 album.

Background

Urban described the song as his "life story" and considered it "an amazing song that [he] would have never allowed [himself] to write."[4]

Content

The song is a ballad accompanied mainly by acoustic guitar and fiddle, in which Urban sings that his life would not have meaning without his lover. It is in A-flat major, with a main chord pattern of A♭-A♭/G♭-D♭sus2/F-D♭ and a vocal range from E♭4 to F5.[5]

Critical reception

Matt Bjorke of Roughstock gave the song five stars out of five, citing it a song that "suits Keith Urban and his life with wife Nicole Kidman."[6] Blake Boldt of Engine 145 gave the song a "thumbs down," stating that Urban is "at his best when exploring heart's aches and pains," and saying that it "lacks the excitement of past hits."[7]

Chart performance

"Without You" debuted at number 47 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts for the week of 19 February 2011.[8] It also debuted at number 95 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart for the week of 26 March 2011.

Chart (2011–2012) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[9] 39
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[10] 69
US Billboard Hot 100[11] 52
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[12] 1

Year-end charts

Chart (2011) Position
US Country Songs (Billboard)[13] 29
Preceded by
"Old Alabama"
by Brad Paisley featuring Alabama		 Billboard Hot Country Songs
number-one single
18 June 2011 		Succeeded by
"Honey Bee"
by Blake Shelton

References

  1. 1 2 "Get Closer - Keith Urban". Allmusic. Retrieved February 29, 2016.
  2. 1 2 Morris, Edward (23 June 2011). "Keith Urban Celebrates No. 1 "Without You" With Writers Dave Pahanish, Joe West". Country Music Television. Retrieved 29 May 2012.
  3. ↑ Billboard Hot Country Songs
  4. ↑ Keith Urban Says 'Without You' is His 'Life Story'/
  5. ↑ "'Without You' sheet music". MusicNotes.com. Retrieved 16 March 2012.
  6. ↑ Bjorke, Matt (31 January 2011). "Keith Urban — "Without You"". Roughstock. Retrieved 15 March 2011.
  7. ↑ Boldt, Blake (15 February 2011). "Keith Urban — "Without You"". Engine 145. Retrieved 15 March 2011.
  8. ↑ Billboard Hot Country Songs – 19 February 2011
  9. ↑ "Australian-charts.com – Keith Urban – Without You". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved 2012-10-05.
  10. ↑ "Keith Urban – Chart history" Canadian Hot 100 for Keith Urban. Retrieved 17 March 2011.
  11. ↑ "Keith Urban – Chart history" Billboard Hot 100 for Keith Urban. Retrieved 17 March 2011.
  12. ↑ "Keith Urban – Chart history" Billboard Hot Country Songs for Keith Urban. Retrieved 17 March 2011.
  13. ↑ "Best of 2011: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 2011. Retrieved 10 December 2011.

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