you'll
think of me
keith
urban
SONGWRITERS: DARRELL
BROWN / DENNIS MATKOSKY / TY LACY
PAIS: AUSTRALIAN-AMERICAN
ALBUM: GOLDEN ROAD
LABEL: CAPITOL RECORDS
GENRE: COUNTRY
YEAR: 2002
Keith Lionel Urban AO (born Urbahn;
26 October 1967) is an Australian and American singer, guitarist, and
songwriter known for his work in country music.
Recognized with four Grammy Awards, Urban also received
fifteen Academy of Country Music Awards,
including the Jim Reeves International Award, thirteen CMA Awards,
and six ARIA Music Awards. Urban wrote and performed
the song "For You" from the film Act of Valor,
which earned him nominations at both the 70th Golden Globe Awards and at
the 18th Critics' Choice Awards in the
respective Best Original Song categories.
Urban has released 11 studio
albums (one of which was released only in Australia), as well as one album
with the Ranch. He has charted 37 singles on the
US Hot Country Songs chart, 18 of which went
to number one, counting a duet with Brad Paisley ("Start a Band")
and the 2008 single "You Look Good in My Shirt". Urban
also worked with numerous artists from different music genres, such as Pink, Nelly Furtado, Jason Derulo, Julia
Michaels, and country artists like Dolly Parton, Dixie Chicks, Carrie
Underwood, Martina
McBride, Eric Church, and Reba McEntire.
In 1991, he released a self-titled debut album, charting four
singles in Australia before moving to the United States the following year. He
started a band known as The Ranch,
which recorded one studio album on Capitol Nashville and charted two
singles on the US Billboard Hot Country
Songs chart.
Still signed to Capitol, Urban
made his solo American debut in 1999 with a second eponymous album. Certified platinum
in the US by the RIAA, it produced his
first number one on the Hot Country
Songs chart with "But for the Grace of God".
"Somebody Like You", the first single from
his second Capitol album Golden Road (2002), was named by Billboard as
the biggest country hit of the 2000s decade. The album's fourth single, "You'll Think of Me" featuring his nephew
and fellow country artist Rory Gilliatte, earned him his first Grammy Award.
2004's Be Here,
his third American album became his highest-selling album, being certified 4×
Platinum. Love, Pain & the Whole Crazy
Thing was released in 2006, containing "Once in a Lifetime"
as well as his second Grammy Award-winning song, "Stupid Boy".
A greatest hits package titled Greatest Hits: 18 Kids followed in
late 2007. Defying Gravity and Get Closer were
released on 31 March 2009 and 16 November 2010, respectively. In September
2013, he released the album Fuse, which produced four more number ones
on the Country Airplay chart. "John Cougar, John Deere, John 3:16"
was released in June 2015 as
the lead single of his eighth American studio album, Ripcord.
The album later produced the Country Airplay chart number-one hits "Break on Me",
"Wasted Time", and
"Blue Ain't Your Color", with the
latter also becoming Urban's longest-reigning number one on the Hot Country
Songs chart, spending 12 weeks atop the chart. His tenth album, Graffiti U,
was released in 2018 and includes the Top 10 hit "Coming Home". His
eleventh album The Speed of Now Part 1 was released
in 2020 and includes the global hit "One Too Many" with Pink,
in addition to Country Airplay top ten hits "We Were"
and "God Whispered Your Name".
Urban was a coach on the
Australian version of the singing competition The Voice and a judge on American Idol.
In October 2013, Urban introduced his own signature line of guitars and
accessories.
Golden Road is the third studio album
by Australian country music singer Keith Urban.
It was released on 8 October 2002 via Capitol Records Nashville. The album
includes the singles "Somebody Like
You", "Raining on
Sunday", "Who Wouldn't Wanna Be Me", and "You'll Think of Me". This was Urban's
first album to be produced by Dann Huff,
who has produced all of his albums since.
I woke up early this morning 'round 4 a.m.
With the moon shining bright
As headlights on the interstate
I pulled the covers over my head
And tried to catch some sleep
But thoughts of us kept keeping me awake
Ever since you found yourself in someone else's arms
I've been tryin' my best to get along
But that's okay
There's nothing left to say, but
Take your records, take your freedom
Take your memories, I don't need 'em
Take your space and take your reasons
But you'll think of me
And take your cat and leave my sweater
'Cause we have nothing left to weather
In fact I'll feel a whole lot better
But you'll think of me, you'll think of me
I went out driving trying to clear my head
I tried to sweep out all the ruins that my emotions left
(I guess I'm)
I guess I'm feeling just a little tired of this
And all the baggage that seems to still exist
It seems the only blessing I have left to my name
Is not knowing what we could have been
What we should have been
So
Take your records, take your freedom
Take your memories, I don't need 'em
Take your space and take your reasons
But you'll think of me
And take your cat and leave my sweater
'Cause we have nothing left to weather
In fact I'll feel a whole lot better
But you'll think of me
Someday I'm gonna run across your mind
But don't worry, I'll be fine
I'm gonna be alright
While you're sleeping with your pride
Wishing I could hold you tight
I'll be over you
And on with my life
So take your records, take your freedom
Take your memories, I don't need 'em
And take your cat and leave my sweater
'Cause we have nothing left to weather
In fact I'll feel a whole lot better
But you'll think of me
So take your records, take your freedom
Take your memories, I don't need 'em
Take your space and all your reasons
But you'll think of me
And take your cat and leave my sweater
'Cause we got nothing left to weather
In fact, I'll feel a whole lot better
But you'll think of me, you'll think of me, yeah
Oh, oh
And you're gonna think of me, mmm yeah
Ooh, stop me baby
Someday
Oh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Mmm, mmm, mmm
Darlin, think of me
Mmm, mmm, mmm
Baby, darlin', no, oh, oh
Doo, doo, doo, oh, oh!