Greatest Hits: 18 Kids

Greatest Hits: 18 Kids
Greatest hits album by Keith Urban
Released 20 November 2007 (18 Kids)
19 August 2008 (19 Kids)
Genre Country
Length 75:26 (18 Kids)
79:21 (19 Kids)
Label Capitol Nashville
Producer Dann Huff
Matt Rollings
Keith Urban
Keith Urban chronology

Love, Pain & the Whole Crazy Thing
(2006)		 Greatest Hits: 18 Kids
(2007)		 Defying Gravity
(2009)
2008 re-release (Greatest Hits: 19 Kids)
Singles from Greatest Hits: 19 Kids
  1. "You Look Good in My Shirt"
    Released: 17 June 2008
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]
Slant Magazine [2]

Greatest Hits: 18 Kids is a greatest hits album by Keith Urban, released on 20 November 2007.[3] It contains 16 of Urban's hits as well as two new songs. Two versions of the album were released: a regular edition and special edition, in which the second disc includes 12 music videos.[4] Both versions use the radio edits of Urban's songs, except for "Somebody Like You." Also included is a cover of Steve Forbert's 1980 single "Romeo's Tune", and a re-recording of the non-single "Got It Right This Time" from 2006's Love, Pain & the Whole Crazy Thing.

The album debuted at number 11 on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart, selling about 117,000 copies in its first week.[5] It has been certified Gold by the RIAA and CRIA. It has sold 1,026,000 copies as of May 2013.[6]

Re-issue

The album was re-released as Greatest Hits: 19 Kids on 19 August 2008 to include a newly recorded version of "You Look Good in My Shirt".[7] This song was originally recorded on his 2002 album Golden Road, and the newly recorded version was issued as a single in June 2008.

Track listing

No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "Romeo's Tune" (previously unreleased)Steve Forbert 3:47
2. "Got It Right This Time (The Celebration)" (previously unreleased)Keith Urban 4:44
3. "I Told You So" (feat. string arrangements by David Campbell)Urban 4:02
4. "Stupid Boy"  Sarah Buxton, Deanna Bryant, Dave Berg 3:46
5. "Better Life"  Richard Marx, Urban 4:43
6. "Making Memories of Us"  Rodney Crowell 3:56
7. "Once in a Lifetime" (feat. string arrangements by David Campbell)John Shanks, Urban 4:11
8. "Tonight I Wanna Cry"  Monty Powell, Urban 4:19
9. "You're My Better Half"  Shanks, Urban 3:59
10. "Days Go By"  Powell, Urban 3:49
11. "But for the Grace of God"  Charlotte Caffey, Urban, Jane Wiedlin 3:44
12. "You'll Think of Me"  Darrell Brown, Ty Lacy, Dennis Matkosky 3:51
13. "Who Wouldn't Wanna Be Me"  Powell, Urban 3:41
14. "Raining on Sunday"  Brown, Radney Foster 3:54
15. "Where the Blacktop Ends"  Allen Shamblin, Steve Wariner 3:06
16. "Your Everything"  Chris Lindsey, Bob Regan 3:59
17. "Somebody Like You"  Shanks, Urban 5:23
18. "Everybody"  Marx, Urban 3:57
Special edition DVD
No. Title Length
1. "I Told You So"   4:26
2. "Stupid Boy"   6:14
3. "Once in a Lifetime"   4:26
4. "Tonight I Wanna Cry"   4:18
5. "Better Life"   5:11
6. "Making Memories of Us"   4:05
7. "You're My Better Half"   4:11
8. "Days Go By"   3:48
9. "You'll Think of Me"   4:49
10. "Who Wouldn't Wanna Be Me"   4:41
11. "Raining on Sunday"   4:44
12. "Somebody Like You"   4:00

Chart performance

Album

Chart (2007) Peak
position
Australian Albums Chart[8] 7
Australian Country Albums Chart[9] 2
Canadian Albums Chart 10
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums 4
U.S. Billboard 200 11

Singles

Year Single Peak chart positions
US Country US CAN
2008 "You Look Good in My Shirt" 1 44 54

Certifications

Region Certification
Australia (ARIA)[10] 2× Platinum
Canada (Music Canada)[11] Platinum
United States (RIAA)[12] Gold

References

  1. ↑ Jurek, Thom. "Greatest Hits review". Allmusic. Retrieved 18 July 2011.
  2. ↑ Keefe, Jonathan. "Keith Urban: Greatest Hits". Slant Magazine. Retrieved 18 July 2011.
  3. ↑ Keith Urban Pounds the Pavement
  4. ↑ "Greatest Hits (Special Edition)". Archived from the original on 2007-11-24. Retrieved 2007-10-19.
  5. ↑ Katie Hasty, "'Oprah' Visit Helps Groban Soar To No. 1", Billboard.com, 28 November 2007.
  6. ↑ Mansfield, Brian (2013-05-22). "New 'Idol' downloads lag behind previous winners". Idol Chatter (USA Today). Retrieved 22 May 2013.
  7. ↑ Keith Urban Adds New "Shirt" to Greatest Hits
  8. ↑ "australian-charts.com - Keith Urban - Greatest Hits". Hung Medien. Retrieved 30 April 2012.
  9. ↑ http://www.ariacharts.com.au/pages/charts_display_country.asp?chart=1F20
  10. ↑ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2007 Albums". Australian Recording Industry Association.
  11. ↑ "Canadian album certifications – Keith Urban – Greatest Hits". Music Canada.
  12. ↑ "American album certifications – Keith Urban – Greatest Hits". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH