Top 5/Bottom 5: Keith Urban

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Posting in the KU threads has me wanting to do this one!

TOP:

01 "'Til Summer Comes Around" (one of my all-time favorite songs...just so haunting)
02 "Stupid Boy" (it's funny, because I remember not really liking this when it first came out, but obviously having it at #2 here means I've changed my mind; this one is so good, it always gives me chills)
03 "I Told You So"
04 "Better Life"
05 "Days Go By"
06 "Somebody Like You"
07 "You'll Think Of Me"
08 "Long Hot Summer"
09 "For You"
10 "Where The Blacktop Ends"
11 "Sweet Thing"
12 "You're My Better Half"
13 "Tonight I Wanna Cry"
14 "Raining On Sunday"
15 "But For The Grace Of God"
16 "We Were Us" (Duet with Miranda Lambert)
17 "You Gonna Fly"
18 "Your Everything"
19 "I'm In"
20 "Cop Car"
21 "Once In A Lifetime"
22 "Who Wouldn't Wanna Be Me"
23 "It's A Love Thing"
24 "Little Bit Of Everything"
25 "Put You In A Song"
26 "You Look Good In My Shirt"

BOTTOM 5:

I don't hate any of these songs...Keith hasn't released a song that I hate. But these are the only 5 that I'm just not a big fan of. The first 2 just never did anything for me, and "Kiss A Girl" is kinda annoying.

01 "Without You"
02 "Only You Can Love Me This Way"
03 "Kiss A Girl"
04 "Making Memories Of Us"
05 "Everybody"

And that's all 31 US-released singles. I didn't include "Start A Band" but if I did I'd probably stick it just ahead of "We Were Us".

And just for fun...

TOP ALBUM TRACKS:

01 "If Ever I Could Love" (from Defying Gravity)
02 "Georgia Woods" (from Get Closer)
03 "She's Gotta Be" (from Be Here)
04 "Standing Right In Front Of You" (from Defying Gravity)
05 "I Could Fly" (from Be Here)
06 "Somewhere In My Car" (from Fuse)
07 "Big Promises" (from Get Closer, Deluxe version)
08 "Right On Back To You" (from Get Closer)
09 "Hit The Ground Runnin'" (from Defying Gravity)
10 "Raise 'Em Up [featuring Eric Church] (from Fuse)

And then throw in pretty much all the album tracks from Love, Pain, & The Whole Crazy Thing.

[sabre14]

Top:
1. Til Summer Comes Around
2. You're My Better Half (I know Hammer hates this one and his reason is valid but I'm a sucker for it)
3. I Told You So
4. Stupid Boy
5. But For The Grace Of God
6. Better Life (the overplay statute of limitations as passed)
7. I'm In
8. Tonight I Wanna Cry (didn't fully appreciate this one while it was charting)
9. Long Hot Summer
10. Somebody Like You (see # 6)
11. Cop Car
12. You Look Good In My Shirt
13. You'll Think Of Me
14. Once In A Lifetime (I seemed to really start liking this just as it started to flame out at #6)
15. Where The Blacktop Ends
16. Sweet Thing
17. For You
18. It's A Love Thing
19. Raining In Sunday
20. You Gonna Fly

Bottom:
1. Without You (A non-existent melody with cliched lyrics = boring as hell)
2. Making Memories Of Us (never should have spent so long at #1. Am I the only one who didn't like this song?)
3. Put You In A Song
4. Days Go By (I'm probably the only person in North America who thinks this is overrated)
5. Kiss A Girl (this would have been fine if Keith was 15 years old...)

[.indulgecountry]

Top
01. Raining on Sunday
02. 'Til Summer Comes Around
03. You'll Think of Me
04. Cop Car
05. I'm In
06. Put You in a Song
07. But for the Grace of God
08. Sweet Thing
09. We Were Us
10. Where the Blacktop Ends

I can't even do a Bottom for Keith Urban because even though he's not one of my absolute favorites, I've never really disliked any of his singles enough to make a list.

[Spacey_Kacey]

I'll exclude songs off his 1991 album (which is his best).

1. Without You (The only Urban song I truly love, but of course, no one else does)
2. Come Back to Me
3. We Were Us
4. Raise 'Em Up
5. You'll Think of Me
6. Days Go By
7. Somebody Like You
8. All of You
9. You Gonna Fly
Not much separation between songs that I deem "good radio filler" for that 10th spot so I won't even try to choose between like 8 OK songs.

Worst:
1. Black Leather Jacket
2. Little Bit of Everything
3. Red Camaro
4. Gonna B Good
5. Raise the Barn

Worst Singles: Sweet Thing, I'm In, Long Hot Summer, Good Thing, For You, Everybody, Romeo's Tune, Better Life, Raining on Sunday, Til Summer Comes Around

[Andy]

While I am a fan of Keith Urban and consider Love, Pain & the Whole Crazy Thang to be one of my favorite mainstream albums in recent memory, I haven't listened to many of his albums or followed his singles for the last few years, so my knowledge of his discography is woefully incomplete (I'll have to check out that 1991 album Spacey_Kacey mentions). I'll do my best, though. Another caveat: I think of "Raining on Sunday" and "I'm In" as Radney Foster songs, so I've excluded them from my list.

TOP
1. But for the Grace of God (does anyone out there like this song as much as me?)
2. Stupid Boy
3. I Told You So
4. Tonight I Wanna Cry
5. Once in a Lifetime
(other favorites)
Who Wouldn't Want to Be Me
Used to the Pain
Nobody Drinks Alone

BOTTOM (I don't hate any of these songs, but I'm not wild about them either)
1. It's a Love Thing
2. You'll Think of Me (for some reason, that line that rhymes weather and sweater makes me cringe)
3. Better Life (vastly overplayed)

[Kentucky25]

Top
1. Til' Summer Comes Around - absolutely perfect song in my opinion. Keith's guitar playing captures the haunting lyrics perfectly and I never even needed a video because the song is so rich with imagery.
2. Cop Car
3. For You
4. Stupid Boy
5. You'll Think of Me
6. I Thought You Knew
7. A Little Luck of Our Own
8. Right On Back to You
9. Raise Em Up
10. But For the Grace of God

Bottom
Honestly there's not many of his songs I dislike, not a big fan of a few songs of "Fuse" so I'll list them.
1. She's My 11
2. Red Camaro
3. Black Leather Jacket
4. Gonna B Good. Felt like this could've been a very interesting play on "Johnny B. Goode", given Keith's guitar playing abilities and Chuck Berry being a guitar icon, seems like a missed opportunity to do something really cool.

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Top:

1. It's A Love Thing
2. You Look Good In My Shirt (Greatest Hits version)
3. But By The Grace Of God
4. Somebody Like You
5. Cop Car
6. Tonight I Wanna Cry

Bottom:

Everything else

[someguy]

There's really not much of Keith's music I don't like. He's never been one of my absolute favourites, but he has a really solid catalogue of music.

Top:

1. We Were Us
2. You Look Good In My Shirt
3. Til Summer Comes Around
4. I'm In
5. Cop Car
6. Long Hot Summer
7. Stupid Boy
8. You'll Think Of Me
9. Somebody Like You
10. Kiss A Girl
11. You Gonna Fly
12. Making Memories Of Us
13. Days Go By
14. Who Wouldn't Wanna Be Me
15. Tonight I Wanna Cry

Bottom:

1. But For The Grace Of God
2. Raining On Sunday
3. Only You Could Love Me This Way
4. Everybody
5. For You

[Kanenrá:ke]

Keith is one of my favorite males currently going and other than 'Get Closer' I've enjoyed all his albums and their singles. Here's my lists :)

Top 10 Singles
01. Stupid Boy - #3
02. I Told You So - #2
03. Raining On Sunday - #3
04. You Look Good In My Shirt - #1
05. But For The Grace Of God - #1
06. 'Til Summer Comes Around - #3
07. Somebody Like You - #1
08. Cop Car - #9
09. Better Life - #1
10. Who Wouldn't Wanna Be Me - #1

Top 10 Album Tracks (not including anything from 'Fuse' as I'm still getting used to the album.)
01. Nobody Drinks Alone (From 'Be Here')
02. The Luxury Of Knowing ( From 'Get Closer')
03. You're Not Alone Tonight (From 'Golden Road')
04. I Could Fly (From 'Be Here')
05. Whenever I Run (From 'Golden Road')
06. She's Gotta Be (From ' Be Here')
07. Faster Car (From 'Love, Pain & The Whole Crazy Thing')
08. The Hard Way ('From 'Be Here')
09. If Ever I Could Love (From 'Defying Gravity')
10. Raise The Barn (Feat. Ronnie Dunn) (From 'Love, Pain & The Whole Crazy Thing')

Bottom 10 Singles.
01. Without You - #1
02. Your Everything - #1
03. Once In a Lifetime - #6
04. Kiss A Girl - #3
05. You Gonna Fly - #1
06. Only You Can Love Me This Way - #1
07. Long Hot Summer - #1
08. Everybody - #5
09. You're My Better Half - #2
10. For You - #6

[Markus Meyer]

Keith has yet to release a single I dislike. Now that is consistency.

01. "I Told You So"
02. "Til Summer Comes Around"
03. "Sweet Thing"
04. "Cop Car"
05. "Days Go By"
06. "Raining On Sunday"
07. "Somebody Like You"
08. "Where The Blacktop Ends"
09. "Long Hot Summer"
10. "Better Life"

[zaclord 🌈]

Top

01. Tonight I Wanna Cry
02. Days Go By
03. Stupid Boy
04. You'll Think of Me
05. Making Memories of Us
06. We Were Us
07. You're My Better Half
08. Kiss a Girl
09. Better Life
10. Little Bit of Everything

Bottom

01. Til Summer Comes Around (the only one I seriously dislike of Keith's singles)
02. Only You Can Love Me This Way
03. But for the Grace of God
04. Put You In A Song

[gonecountry]

I don't get Keith Urban. I try, but very little of his stuff appeals to me. I don't particularly hate anything, it just doesn't speak to me.

Few songs of his that I do like:

Top:
1. Somebody Like You
2. Who Wouldn't Want to Be Me
3. Sweet Thing
4. Kiss a Girl

Bottom:
To be honest, his songs leave such a lack of an impression on me that I was scrolling through his list of songs on Wikipedia and while I remember the names of the songs there are very few I actually remember enough to even have an opinion. The exception being "I Told You So" and "Put You in a Song" which I found to be somewhat grating.

[mairy]

1 Stupid Boy (one of my favourtes songs ever)
2 You'll Think Of Me
3 Tonight I Wanna Cry
4 Making Memories Of Us
5 I'm In



BOTTOM: Little Bit If Everything (the only one I can think of right now)

[urbanscot]

If we are doing singles only, make it slightly easier. Sadly I have a list of KU songs in order, every album included.

Top:

1. Once In A Lifetime
2. Stupid Boy
3. Making Memories Of Us
4. Somebody Like You
5. For You
6. Better Life
7. Raining On Sunday
8. I'm In
9. Who Wouldn't Wanna Be Me
10. You'll Think Of Me
11. Days Go By
12. You're My Better Half
13. You Look Good In My Shirt
14. Tonight I Wanna Cry
15. I Told You So
16. Everybody
17. Sweet Thing
18. Til Summer Comes Around
19. Long Hot Summer
20. Your Everything
21. You Gonna Fly
22. We Were Us
23. Without You
24. But For The Grace Of God (prefer is done acousticallt live)
25. Where The Blacktop Ends (better live, not the biggest fan of fiddles)
26. Cop Car

Bottom:

27. Little Bit Of Everything
28. Only You Can Love Me This Way
29. It's A Love Thing
30. Kiss A Girl
31. Put You In A Song

I don't hate any Keith songs but these are definitely my least favourite. LBOE has grown on me but I still don't like it much, OYCLMTW bored me, IALT is cute and cheesy, KAG and PYIAS are a bit too cheesy for my liking.

and for album tracks: Luxury Of Knowing, Desiree, Man Of The House, Used To The Pain, Come Back To Me, Somewhere In My Car, She's Gotta Be, Raise 'Em Up and Georgia Woods are awesome, I could go on and on but I won't. 

[countryfan4life]

Keith is like Kenny Chesney for me; one of my favorites! I have pretty much enjoyed everything he has recorded.

Top
Your Everything
Only You Can Love Me This Way
You're The Only One
We Were Us
Somebody Like You
God's Been Good To Me
She's Gotta Be
Days Go By
It's A Love Thing
You're Not Alone Tonight
Raining On Sunday
Long Hot Summer
Red Camaro
Good Thing
Tonight I Wanna Cry
Nobody Drinks Alone
Where The Blacktop Ends
Better Life
Kiss A Girl
Shine
Stupid Boy

Bottom
Again I pretty much have enjoyed everything, but if I had to list one for the bottom it probably would be "Little Bit Of Everything"

[Ten Pound Hammer]

Note to self: Check to see if one of these already exists.

TOP
1. You'll Think of Me
2. Once in a Lifetime
3. Cop Car
4. 'Til Summer Comes Around
5. Where the Blacktop Ends
6. Tonight I Wanna Cry
7. I Told You So
8. Stupid Boy
9. Making Memories of Us
10. Raining on Sunday
11. Days Go By
12. I'm In
13. Somebody Like You
14. Long Hot Summer
15. We Were Us

(Honorable mentions to both of The Ranch's singles and "Blue Sky".)

BOTTOM
1. Without You (zzzzzzzz…)
2. You're My Better Half (I always thought the first verse sounded like a ripoff of "That's What It's All About" and that the rest of the song was lifeless. The second verse is good, at least, but does so little to save it.)
3. Kiss a Girl (um dude, you're not 20 anymore)
4. Sweet Thing (see my comment on #3)
5. Your Everything
6. Who Wouldn't Wanna Be Me (these bottom two are just kinda average)

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Top 5 Keith Urban Songs

1. But For The Grace Of God 
2. I Told You So 
3. Til Summer Comes Around 
4. Stupid Boy
5. Raining On Sunday

Bottom 5 Songs
1. John Cougar John Deere John 3:16
2. For You 
3. Little Bit Of Everything 
4. You Gonna Fly 
5. We Were Us (just so overproduced)

[justme60]

I'm a huge Keith fan. Been a fan since The Ranch. Love all his songs, but there is one song I have never cared for and that is "Even the Stars Fall For You." Never been a single, just a track off of FUSE.

[DJ General]

I never realized how many people loved "...Summer Comes Around" Speaking of, is there any way to get the radio edit? I'm not always a fan of the disc version that has like 30 seconds of a fair and ends with a bunch of waves crashing. He didn't put a greatest hits disc out with that song. Is there anyone who could PM me a version? It is my FAVORITE Keith song.

I've really only been a fan of Keith since 2009, for his last 3 albums and this 4th upcoming album. Only heard a couple of songs prior to 2009. Need to check more out.