Keith Urban "scraps" greatest hits CD, sort of
Tuesday, July 1, 2008 – Last fall, Keith Urban released a greatest hits package, "Keith Urban Greatest Hits: 18 Kids." Thanks to a newly recorded hit single, that album is history. Well, at least the title is.
"You Look Good In My Shirt" will be added to Urban's most recent album on Aug. 19, requiring a slight title change to the project: "Keith Urban Greatest Hits: 19 Kids." The single is currently available for download online and will continue to be available for download as a single track.
"You Look Good In My Shirt" - currently numbers 11 and 12 on 2 major country singles charts after 5 weeks - first appeared in its original version on Urban's breakout 3x platinum recording "Golden Road." Plans to release the song as that CD's fifth single were scrapped when "Days Go By," the first single from the follow up project "Be Here," was ready. "You Look Good In My Shirt" continued to be a fan favorite in concert.
"Over the years, it ("Shirt") has always played like a hit song," said Urban. "That, combined with numerous requests from both fans and radio about why it was never a single, inspired us to get back into the studio and re-record the song."
"The trick for this song was to bring all of the live energy to the new recording," said Urban. "I think that we accomplished that and I'm glad that we finally have the opportunity to give everyone what they've been asking for."
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