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Keith Urban built a country music career around the sound of a guitar played with extraordinary energy and a gift for connecting familiar stories to memorable melodies. Born in Whangārei, New Zealand, on October 26, 1967, and raised in Queensland, Australia, he developed his musical identity through country legends, rock guitarists, and the lively Australian performance circuit. Before finding widespread success in Nashville, he released an Australian solo album in 1991 that already showed his interest in blending traditional country instrumentation with contemporary arrangements.
After moving to the United States, Urban led the country-rock trio the Ranch with bassist Jerry Flowers and drummer Peter Clarke. Their 1997 album explored a tougher, more guitar-driven sound, while Urban’s self-titled American solo album in 1999 established him as a rising country performer. The breakthrough was strengthened by ‘But for the Grace of God,’ ‘Your Everything,’ and ‘Where the Blacktop Ends.’ His next album, Golden Road, brought the enormous success of ‘Somebody Like You,’ ‘Who Wouldn’t Wanna Be Me,’ and ‘You’ll Think of Me.’
Urban’s recordings throughout the 2000s helped define the modern country format. Be Here, Love, Pain & the Whole Crazy Thing, and Defying Gravity brought songs such as ‘Days Go By,’ ‘Making Memories of Us,’ ‘Tonight I Wanna Cry,’ ‘Stupid Boy,’ ‘Sweet Thing,’ and ‘Kiss a Girl.’ His guitar work remained central to the records even as his music incorporated pop arrangements, expansive choruses, and a growing number of collaborations. Later albums such as Fuse and Ripcord expanded that approach through duets with Miranda Lambert, Eric Church, Carrie Underwood, and other musicians.
With Graffiti U and THE SPEED OF NOW Part 1, Urban continued to mix country songwriting with electronic textures, rock rhythms, and crossover collaborations. The 2024 album HIGH returned to a variety of country-rock moods, including ‘Straight Line,’ ‘Messed Up as Me,’ and ‘Go Home W U’ with Lainey Wilson. He documented his stage performances on the 2025 live album HIGH AND A(LIVE), which includes a cover of the New Radicals song ‘You Get What You Give.’
Urban’s 2026 album flow state took a different direction, presenting interpretations of classic soft-rock recordings alongside the new song ‘We Go Back’ with Michael McDonald. Its guests included Little Big Town and John Mayer. Beyond his studio albums, his catalog reaches into his early Australian releases, singles issued between albums, soundtrack music, charity projects, and performances with other country, pop, blues, and rock artists.
Complete List Of Keith Urban Songs From A to Z
0–E
- “Ain’t It Like a Woman” – THE SPEED OF NOW Part 1 (2020)
- “A Little Luck of Our Own” – Keith Urban (1999) (1999)
- “All for You” – Get Closer (2010)
- “Almost Saturday Night” – Wrote a Song for Everyone (2013), with John Fogerty
- “America the Beautiful” – America the Beautiful (country artists charity single) (2001), with various country artists
- “Arms of Mary” – Keith Urban (Australian debut) (1991)
- “Baby Come Back” – flow state (2026)
- “Be a Light” – Be a Light (single) (2020), with Thomas Rhett, Reba McEntire, Hillary Scott and Chris Tomlin
- “Better Life” – Be Here (2004)
- “Better Than I Am” – THE SPEED OF NOW Part 1 (2020)
- “Big Promises” – Get Closer (deluxe edition) (2010)
- “Billy” – In the Ranch (expanded edition) (2004), with The Ranch
- “Black Leather Jacket” – Fuse (deluxe edition) (2013)
- “Blue Ain’t Your Color” – Ripcord (2016)
- “Blue Sky (intro)” – HIGH (2024)
- “Blue Sky (with Emily West)” – Blue Sky (single) (2010), with Emily West
- “Blue Stranger” – Keith Urban (Australian debut) (1991)
- “Both Still Young” – Both Still Young (single) (2020), with Dzeko
- “Boy Gets a Truck” – Ripcord (2016)
- “Boys ‘Round Here (Celebrity Mix)” – Boys ‘Round Here (Celebrity Mix) (single) (2013), with Blake Shelton and various country artists
- “Break on Me” – Ripcord (2016)
- “Break the Chain” – HIGH (2024)
- “Broke” – Everything Is 4 (2015), with Jason Derulo and Stevie Wonder
- “Brown Eyes Baby” – Brown Eyes Baby (single) (2022)
- “Burden” – Burden (single) (2019)
- “But for the Grace of God” – Keith Urban (1999) (1999)
- “Change Your Mind” – THE SPEED OF NOW Part 1 (2020)
- “Chuck Taylors” – HIGH (2024)
- “Clutterbilly” – Keith Urban (Australian debut) (1991)
- “Clutterbilly (The Ranch version)” – The Ranch (1997), with The Ranch
- “Come Back to Me” – Fuse (2013)
- “Coming Home” – Graffiti U (2018), featuring Julia Michaels
- “Cop Car” – Fuse (2013)
- “Country Comfort” – Be Here (2004)
- “Days Go By” – Be Here (2004)
- “Daytona” – HIGH (2024)
- “Desiree” – The Ranch (1997), with The Ranch
- “Diablo” – Splat! (2026), guest electric guitar on Deep Purple recording
- “Diamond” – Reckless (2016), with Martina McBride
- “Die of a Broken Heart” – Dress Rehearsal (2004), with Carolyn Dawn Johnson
- “Dodge in a Silverado” – HIGH (2024)
- “Don’t Go” – Keith Urban (Australian debut) (1991)
- “Don’t Shut Me Out” – Keith Urban (1999) (1999)
- “Don’t Want To” – Beautifully Broken (Pickin’ Up the Pieces) (2024), with Jelly Roll
- “Drop Top” – Graffiti U (2018)
- “Even the Stars Fall 4 U” – Fuse (2013)
- “Everybody” – Love, Pain & the Whole Crazy Thing (2006)
F–J
- “Faster Car” – Love, Pain & the Whole Crazy Thing (2006)
- “Female” – Female (single) (2017)
- “Forever” – THE SPEED OF NOW Part 1 (2020)
- “Forever Country” – Forever Country (single) (2016), with Artists of Then, Now & Forever
- “For You” – Act of Valor (soundtrack single) (2012)
- “Freedom’s Finally Mine” – The Ranch (1997), with The Ranch
- “Funky Tonight” – Funky Tonight (live single) (2007), with John Butler Trio
- “Future Plans” – Keith Urban (Australian debut) (1991)
- “Gemini” – Graffiti U (2018)
- “Georgia Woods” – Get Closer (2010)
- “Gettin’ in the Way” – Ripcord (2016)
- “Ghost in This Guitar” – The Ranch (1997), with The Ranch
- “Gitarzan” – Boogity, Boogity – A Tribute to the Comedic Genius of Ray Stevens (2007), with Cledus T. Judd and Heidi Newfield
- “God Made Woman” – Love, Pain & the Whole Crazy Thing (2006)
- “God’s Been Good to Me” – Be Here (2004)
- “God Whispered Your Name” – God Whispered Your Name (single) (2020)
- “Go Home W U” – Go Home W U (single) (2024), with Lainey Wilson
- “Gone Tomorrow (Here Today)” – Ripcord (2016)
- “Gonna B Good” – Fuse (deluxe edition) (2013)
- “Good Thing” – Fuse (2013)
- “Good Times” – 30:30 Hindsight (2014), with Jimmy Barnes
- “Got It Bad” – Keith Urban (Australian debut) (1991)
- “Got It Right This Time” – Love, Pain & the Whole Crazy Thing (2006)
- “Got to Let It Go” – Got to Let It Go (Verizon Exclusive) (single) (2006)
- “Guitar Man” – flow state (2026), featuring John Mayer
- “Habit of You” – Ripcord (2016)
- “Hank Don’t Fail Me Now” – The Ranch (1997), with The Ranch
- “Heart Like a Hometown” – HIGH (2024)
- “Heart Like Mine” – Fuse (2013)
- “Help Is on Its Way” – flow state (2026)
- “Highway Don’t Care” – Two Lanes of Freedom (2013), with Tim McGraw and Taylor Swift
- “Hit the Ground Runnin'” – Defying Gravity (2009)
- “Hold On to Your Dreams” – Keith Urban (Australian debut) (1991)
- “Homespun Love” – The Ranch (1997), with The Ranch
- “Horses” – Graffiti U (2018)
- “How Much I Feel” – flow state (2026)
- “I Can’t Stop Loving You” – Love, Pain & the Whole Crazy Thing (2006)
- “I Could Fly” – Be Here (2004)
- “If Ever I Could Love” – Defying Gravity (2009)
- “If I Were You” – Side A (2018), with Jillian Jacqueline
- “If We Had a Child” – Dragonfly (2017), with Kasey Chambers
- “If You Wanna Stay” – Keith Urban (1999) (1999)
- “I Just Wanna Stop” – flow state (2026)
- “I’ll Be Your Santa Tonight” – I’ll Be Your Santa Tonight (single) (2019)
- “Imagine That” – And So It Goes (2012), with Don Williams
- “I’m In” – Defying Gravity (2009)
- “I Never Work on a Sunday” – I Never Work on a Sunday (single) (1990)
- “In God’s Hands” – In God’s Hands (single) (2008), with Nelly Furtado
- “I Thought You Knew” – Keith Urban (1999) (1999)
- “I Told You So” – Love, Pain & the Whole Crazy Thing (2006)
- “It’s a Love Thing” – Keith Urban (1999) (1999)
- “I’ve Gotta Get a Message to You” – Greenfields: The Gibb Brothers Songbook, Vol. 1 (2021), with Barry Gibb
- “I Wanna Be Your Man (Forever)” – Keith Urban (1999) (1999)
- “Jeans On” – Golden Road (2002)
- “John Cougar, John Deere, John 3:16” – John Cougar, John Deere, John 3:16 (single) (2015)
- “Just Some Love” – The Ranch (1997), with The Ranch
- “Just the Two of Us” – flow state (2026)
K–O
- “Kids” – Glasshouse Children (2021), with Sam Williams
- “Kiss a Girl” – Defying Gravity (2009)
- “Kiss a Girl / Who Wouldn’t Wanna Be Me (live medley)” – HIGH AND A(LIVE) (2025)
- “Laughin’ All the Way to the Drank” – HIGH (2024)
- “Lean on Me” – Hope for Haiti Now (2010), with Sheryl Crow and Kid Rock
- “Leavin'” – This Time Around (2004), with Paul Brandt
- “Let the Wind Chase You” – Heaven, Heartache and the Power of Love (2007), with Trisha Yearwood
- “Lil’ Digger” – Lil’ Digger (single) (2009)
- “Little Bit of Everything” – Fuse (2013)
- “Live to Love Another Day” – Be Here (2004)
- “Live With” – THE SPEED OF NOW Part 1 (2020)
- “Long Hot Summer” – Get Closer (2010)
- “Love Is Hard” – HIGH (2024)
- “Love Songs Ain’t for Us” – Cry Forever (2021), with Amy Shark
- “Love’s Poster Child” – Fuse (2013)
- “Love the Way It Hurts (So Good)” – Graffiti U (2018)
- “Love We Got Goin'” – Keith Urban (Australian debut) (1991)
- “Lovin’ on the Side” – Keith Urban (Australian debut) (1991)
- “Lucky Charm” – Fuse (deluxe edition) (2013)
- “Magnet and Steel” – Magnet and Steel (single) (2026), featuring Little Big Town
- “Making Memories of Us” – Be Here (2004)
- “Man of the House” – The Ranch (1997), with The Ranch
- “Messed Up as Me” – Messed Up as Me (single) (2024)
- “Messed Up as Me (2:45am version)” – Messed Up as Me (2:45am Version) (single) (2024)
- “My Heart Is Open” – Defying Gravity (2009)
- “My Last Name” – The Ranch (1997), with The Ranch
- “My Wave” – Graffiti U (2018)
- “My Wave (Intro)” – Graffiti U (2018)
- “Never Comin Down” – Graffiti U (2018)
- “Nightfalls” – Nightfalls (single) (2022)
- “Nobody Drinks Alone” – Be Here (2004)
- “No Place Like Hometown” – Hixtape, Vol. 1 (2019), with HARDY
- “On and On” – flow state (2026)
- “Once in a Lifetime” – Love, Pain & the Whole Crazy Thing (2006)
- “One Chord Song (hidden track)” – Golden Road (hidden track) (2002)
- “One Day Away” – Rhythm & Blues (2013), with Buddy Guy
- “One Thing Left” – My Own Best Enemy (2004), with Richard Marx
- “One Too Many” – THE SPEED OF NOW Part 1 (2020), with P!nk
- “Only You” – Keith Urban (Australian debut) (1991)
- “Only You Can Love Me This Way” – Defying Gravity (2009)
- “Out on My Own” – Keith Urban (1999) (1999)
- “Out the Cage” – THE SPEED OF NOW Part 1 (2020), featuring Breland and Nile Rodgers
P–T
- “Parallel Line” – Graffiti U (2018)
- “Polaroid” – Polaroid (single) (2020)
- “Put You in a Song” – Get Closer (2010)
- “Raining on Sunday” – Golden Road (2002)
- “Raise ‘Em Up” – Fuse (2013), with Eric Church
- “Raise the Barn” – Love, Pain & the Whole Crazy Thing (2006), with Ronnie Dunn
- “Red Camaro” – Fuse (2013)
- “Right on Back to You” – Get Closer (2010)
- “Rollercoaster” – Keith Urban (1999) (1999)
- “Romeo’s Tune” – Greatest Hits: 18 Kids (2007)
- “Same Heart” – Graffiti U (2018)
- “Say Something” – THE SPEED OF NOW Part 1 (2020)
- “Shame” – Fuse (2013)
- “Shape of Me” – You & I (2024), with Rita Ora
- “She’s Gotta Be” – Be Here (2004)
- “She’s Like” – Thanks for Listening (2014), with Colt Ford
- “She’s My 11” – Fuse (2013)
- “Shine” – Love, Pain & the Whole Crazy Thing (2006)
- “Shut Out the Lights” – Get Closer (2010)
- “Slow Turning” – Love, Pain & the Whole Crazy Thing (iTunes edition) (2006)
- “Somebody Like You” – Somebody Like You (single) (2002)
- “Some Days You Gotta Dance” – The Ranch (1997), with The Ranch
- “Somewhere in My Car” – Fuse (2013)
- “Somewhere in My Car with The Way It Is (live medley)” – HIGH AND A(LIVE) (2025)
- “Song for Dad” – Golden Road (2002)
- “Soul Food” – THE SPEED OF NOW Part 1 (2020)
- “Standing Right in Front of You” – Defying Gravity (2009)
- “Start a Band” – Play: The Guitar Album (2008), with Brad Paisley
- “Steal Away” – Steal Away (single) (2026)
- “Steal My Thunder” – Graffiti U (2018)
- “Straight Line” – Straight Line (single) (2024)
- “Street Called Main” – Street Called Main (single) (2022)
- “Stuck in the Middle with You” – In the Ranch (expanded edition) (2004), with The Ranch
- “Stupid Boy” – Love, Pain & the Whole Crazy Thing (2006)
- “Summer Breeze” – Summer Breeze (single) (2026)
- “Sunburned Country” – 2 (2002), with Olivia Newton-John
- “Sun Don’t Let Me Down” – Ripcord (2016), featuring Nile Rodgers and Pitbull
- “Superman” – THE SPEED OF NOW Part 1 (2020)
- “Sweet Thing” – Sweet Thing (single) (2008)
- “Tangled Up in Love” – The Ranch (1997), with The Ranch
- “Texas Time” – Graffiti U (2018)
- “Texas Time (Intro)” – Graffiti U (2018)
- “Thank You” – Defying Gravity (2009)
- “That Could Still Be Us” – Ripcord (2016)
- “That’s When” – Fearless (Taylor’s Version) (2021), with Taylor Swift
- “The Bees” – Call Me Crazy (2008), with Lee Ann Womack
- “The Choice” – The Choice (Country Artists for Soles4Souls) (single) (2012), with various country artists
- “The Fighter” – Ripcord (2016), duet with Carrie Underwood
- “The Hard Way” – Be Here (2004)
- “The Luxury of Knowing” – Get Closer (deluxe edition) (2010)
- “The River” – Keith Urban (Australian debut) (1991)
- “These Are the Days” – Be Here (2004)
- “The Twelfth of Never” – Those Were the Days (2005), with Dolly Parton
- “The Water Is Wide” – Good Thing Going (2008), with Rhonda Vincent
- “The Weight of Love” – This Woman (2005), with LeAnn Rimes
- “Throw It Back” – Cross Country (2021), with Breland
- “‘Til Summer Comes Around” – Defying Gravity (2009)
- “Tonight I Wanna Cry” – Be Here (2004)
- “Tryin’ to Find a Reason” – Waking Up Laughing (2007), with Martina McBride
- “Tu Compañía” – Love, Pain & the Whole Crazy Thing (2006), backing vocals by Vanessa Millon and Sarah Buxton
- “Tumbleweed” – THE SPEED OF NOW Part 1 (2020)
U–Z
- “Used to the Pain” – Love, Pain & the Whole Crazy Thing (2006)
- “Walkin’ the Country” – The Ranch (1997), with The Ranch
- “Wasted Time” – Ripcord (2016)
- “Wasted Time with Folsom Prison Blues (live medley)” – HIGH AND A(LIVE) (2025)
- “Way Too Long” – Graffiti U (2018)
- “We Go Back” – We Go Back (single) (2026), featuring Michael McDonald
- “We Were” – We Were (single) (2019)
- “We Were (acoustic version)” – We Were (Acoustic Version) (single) (2019)
- “We Were (duet version)” – We Were (feat. Eric Church) (single) (2019), with Eric Church
- “We Were Us” – Fuse (2013), duet with Miranda Lambert
- “What About Me” – Golden Road (2002)
- “What Love Is That Way” – Keith Urban (Australian debut) (1991)
- “Whenever I Run” – Golden Road (2002)
- “When You’re Gone” – My Own Best Enemy (2004), with Richard Marx
- “Where the Blacktop Ends” – Keith Urban (1999) (1999)
- “Who Wouldn’t Wanna Be Me” – Golden Road (2002)
- “Why’s It Feel So Long” – Defying Gravity (2009)
- “Wild Hearts” – Wild Hearts (single) (2021)
- “Wildside” – Wildside (single) (2024)
- “Winning” – Get Closer (deluxe edition) (2010)
- “Without You (1991 song)” – Keith Urban (Australian debut) (1991)
- “Without You (2010 song)” – Get Closer (2010)
- “With You” – THE SPEED OF NOW Part 1 (2020)
- “Won’t Let You Down” – Love, Pain & the Whole Crazy Thing (2006)
- “Worry ‘Bout Nothin'” – Ripcord (2016)
- “Write One” – Write One EP (2024), with Karley Scott Collins
- “Yesterday” – Keith Urban (Australian debut) (1991)
- “You Get What You Give (live)” – HIGH AND A(LIVE) (2025)
- “You Gonna Fly” – Get Closer (2010)
- “You’ll Think of Me” – Golden Road (2002)
- “You Look Good in My Shirt” – Golden Road (2002)
- “You (Or Somebody Like You)” – Be Here (Australian edition) (2004)
- “Your Body” – Ripcord (2016)
- “You’re My Better Half” – Be Here (2004)
- “You’re Not Alone Tonight” – Golden Road (2002)
- “You’re Not My God” – Golden Road (2002)
- “You’re the Only One” – Keith Urban (1999) (1999)
- “Your Everything” – Keith Urban (1999) (1999)
- “You Won” – Golden Road (2002)
Keith Urban Studio Albums
Keith Urban (Australian debut) (1991)
Keith Urban (US debut) (1999)
Golden Road (2002)
Be Here (2004)
Love, Pain & the Whole Crazy Thing (2006)
Defying Gravity (2009)
Get Closer (2010)
Fuse (2013)
Ripcord (2016)
Graffiti U (2018)
THE SPEED OF NOW Part 1 (2020)
HIGH (2024)
flow state (2026)
Keith Urban Official Live Albums
Livin’ Right Now (concert film) (2005)
Love, Pain & the Whole Crazy World Tour (concert film) (2008)
HIGH AND A(LIVE) (2025)
Keith Urban Official Compilation Albums
Days Go By (2005)
Greatest Hits: 18 Kids (2007)
Greatest Hits: 19 Kids (2008)
iTunes Originals (2009)
The Story So Far (2012)
#1’s, Volume 1 (2022)
#1’s, Volumes 1 & 2 (2023)
Keith Urban EPs
Wild Hearts (2022)
Keith Urban Collaborative Albums
The Ranch (with The Ranch) (1997)
Updated November 7, 2026
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