Stupid Boy
| "Stupid Boy" | ||||
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| Single by Keith Urban | ||||
| from the album Love, Pain & the Whole Crazy Thing | ||||
| Released | December 5, 2006 | |||
| Format | CD single, music download | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length |
6:16 (album version) 3:46 (radio edit) | |||
| Label | Capitol Nashville | |||
| Writer(s) | Dave Berg, Deanna Bryant, Sarah Buxton | |||
| Producer(s) | Dann Huff, Keith Urban | |||
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"Stupid Boy" is a song that was written by Dave Berg, Deanna Bryant and Sarah Buxton. First recorded by Sarah Buxton, it was later recorded by Australian country music singer Keith Urban on his 2006 album Love, Pain & the Whole Crazy Thing, from which it was released as that album's second single in December 2006. A year after its release, the song won Urban a Grammy Award for Best Male Country Vocal Performance.
History
Urban told Billboard that he recorded "Stupid Boy" at the suggestion of his wife, actress Nicole Kidman.[1] He also noted how the song's subject matter contrasted with the more up-tempo love song "Once in a Lifetime," the album's first single, saying that the two songs were "yin and yang."[1] Sarah Buxton, who co-wrote the song, recorded a version before Urban did.[1] This version was included on a 2007 extended play entitled Almost My Record as well as Buxton's 2010 self-titled album.
Critical reception
Tamara Conniff and Ray Waddell of Billboard described the song as "a ballad on how men foolishly break the hearts of the women they love."[1] Associated Press reviewer Michael McCall called it "a funky, witty take on a guy who can't appreciate how good he has it."[2]
In 2008, the song won Urban a Grammy Award for Best Male Country Vocal Performance.[3]
Personnel
As listed in liner notes.[4]
- Tom Bukovac – rhythm guitar
- Eric Darken – percussion
- Dann Huff – rhythm guitar
- Rami Jaffee – Hammond B-3 organ
- Tim Lauer – pump organ, synthesizer
- Chris McHugh – drums
- Jimmie Lee Sloas – bass guitar
- Keith Urban – lead guitar, acoustic guitar, all vocals
Chart performance
Urban's rendition reached number 3 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts.
| Chart (2006-2007) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| US Billboard Hot 100[5] | 43 |
| US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[6] | 3 |
Year-end charts
| Chart (2007) | Position |
|---|---|
| US Country Songs (Billboard)[7] | 29 |
Awards (Keith Urban version)
This song, like it said in this article's introduction, became his second to win the Grammy Award for Best Male Country Vocal Performance in 2008, after his number one "You'll Think of Me" (from his 2002 album Golden Road) in 2006. The next ones of his do so are "Sweet Thing" in 2010 and "'Til Summer Comes Around" in 2011, which are both released as singles from his 2009 album Defying Gravity.
| Preceded by The Reason Why by Vince Gill |
Grammy Award for Best Male Country Vocal Performance 2008 |
Succeeded by Letter to Me by Brad Paisley |
Cassadee Pope version
| "Stupid Boy" | |
|---|---|
| Single by Cassadee Pope | |
| from the album The Complete Season 3 Collection | |
| Released | 10 December 2012 |
| Format | digital download |
| Recorded | 2012 |
| Genre | Country |
| Length | 3:38 |
| Label | Universal |
Cassadee Pope performed this song on NBC's singing competition show, The Voice. Pope went on to win the competition, and her studio version of the song reached the top of the iTunes Top 10 Singles the day after the song was released.
| Chart (2012) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[8] | |
| US Billboard Hot 100[9] | |
| US Country Songs (Billboard)[10] | |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Coniff, Tamara; Ray Waddell (11 November 2006). "Urban Developments". Billboard: 32.
- ↑ McCall, Michael (3 November 2006). "Love, Pain & the Whole Crazy Thing review". Fox News. Retrieved 11 February 2010.
- ↑ Gilbert, Calvin (2008-02-11). "Vince Gill Wins Best Country Album Grammy". CMT. Retrieved 2009-05-16.
- ↑ Love, Pain & the Whole Crazy Thing (Media notes). Keith Urban. Capitol Records. 2006. 09463-77087-0-5.
- ↑ "Keith Urban Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Hot 100 for Keith Urban. Retrieved April 10, 2011.
- ↑ "Keith Urban Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Hot Country Songs for Keith Urban. Retrieved April 10, 2011.
- ↑ "Best of 2007: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 2007. Retrieved July 11, 2012.
- ↑ "Canadian Hot 100 Week of December 8, 2012". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved November 29, 2012.
- ↑ "The Billboard Hot 100 Week of December 29, 2012". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved 20 December 2012.
- ↑ "US Top Country Songs Week of December 8, 2012". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved 29 November 2012.
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