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Everybody (Keith Urban song)

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"Everybody"
Single by Keith Urban
from the album Love, Pain & the Whole Crazy Thing
ReleasedSeptember 18, 2007 (2007-09-18)
Recorded2006
GenreCountry
Length5:33 (album version)
3:57 (radio edit)
LabelCapitol Nashville
Songwriter(s)Richard Marx, Keith Urban
Producer(s)Keith Urban, Dann Huff
Keith Urban singles chronology
"I Told You So"
(2007)
"Everybody"
(2007)
"In God's Hands"
(2008)

"Everybody" is a song co-written and recorded by Australian country music artist Keith Urban. It was released in September 2007 as the fourth and final single from his 2006 album Love, Pain & the Whole Crazy Thing. The song peaked at number 5 on the US Billboard Hot Country Songs charts in early 2008. Urban wrote this song with Richard Marx.

Content

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"Everybody" is a mid-tempo ballad that Urban co-wrote with Richard Marx. In it, the male narrator addresses a female who is escaping her relationship ("And the only thing that you've ever known is to run") and tries asking her to stay ("Everybody needs somebody sometimes").

Critical reception

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Jordan Levin and Howard Cohen of The Miami Herald called the song "formulaic,"[1] and Keith Groller of The Morning Call said that it was "ultra-sappy." [2]

Music video

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The music video was directed by Chris Hicky, and premiered on CMT on September 22, 2007.

Personnel

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As listed in liner notes.[3]

String section

  • Carl Gorodetzky, Pam Sixfin, Conni Ellisor, Alan Umstead, David Davidson, Cathy Umstead, Cate Myer, Karen Winkelmann, Mary Kathryn Vanosdale, David Angell – violins
  • Kris Wilkinson, Monisa Angell, Gary Vanosdale – violas
  • Larry Corbett, Carole Rabinowitz, Anthony LaMarchina – cellos

Chart positions

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Chart (2007–2008) Peak
position
Canada Country (Billboard)[4] 2
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[5] 71
US Billboard Hot 100[6] 64
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[7] 5

Year-end charts

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Chart (2008) Position
US Country Songs (Billboard)[8] 47

Cover versions

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Richard Marx version

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Richard Marx would later record his own version of the song and release it as the lead single from the European edition of his album Stories To Tell.

References

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  1. ^ Levin, Jordan; Howard Cohen (2006-06-21). "New: Alejandro Sanz, Ricky Martin, Keith Urban, Josh Groban". The Miami Herald. Retrieved 2009-09-22.
  2. ^ Groller, Keith (2006-11-18). "KEITH URBAN "LOVE, PAIN & THE WHOLE CRAZY THING"". The Morning Call. pp. D6. Archived from the original on October 22, 2012. Retrieved 2009-09-22.
  3. ^ Love, Pain & the Whole Crazy Thing (Media notes). Keith Urban. Capitol Records. 2006. 09463-77087-0-5.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  4. ^ "Keith Urban Chart History (Canada Country)". Billboard. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
  5. ^ "Keith Urban Chart History (Canadian Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved April 10, 2011.
  6. ^ "Keith Urban Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved April 10, 2011.
  7. ^ "Keith Urban Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved April 10, 2011.
  8. ^ "Best of 2008: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 2008. Retrieved December 13, 2008.