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Keith Urban Releases First Tune From Forthcoming Album

Author Nancy Brooks // Country Writer, Beasley Media Group

Keith Urban released a new song, “Straight Line,” today (1/2). The song, written by Urban, Chase McGill, Jerry Flowers, and Greg Wells, was co-produced by Urban and Wells. It is his first new track in a year and is also the first song from a forthcoming brand-new album.

Keith said, “‘Straight Line’ is the perfect first track off my album. It’s a song born of wanting to break out of routine and feeling like somewhere along the line, life lost some color and excitement. ‘You and me used to be like a year-round summer…'”

“This song is about getting it back again – a message of taking back your life and driving out from under the dark cloud. If you’ve seen us in concert, I hope this track gives you that same liberated feeling.”

He adds, “While ‘Straight Line’s’ lyrics are about being stuck and trying to break out of the monotony, the melody and energy are a boulevard of nothing but green lights. Every song on this album – even the ballads – carries an energy and a life force that became a very strong through line. I hope you feel it. I’m so excited for everyone to hear the whole thing.”

RELATED: Keith Urban Teases’ Straight Line’ On Instagram

The chorus lyrics are: “In a straight line, baby / Hey, whatcha say we’re never gonna look back now? / Can’t you see the sun shinin’? / You and me drivin’ out from under this dark cloud / I wanna know what they mean / When they say life’s a dream / Shouldn’t we be dreamin’ it too? / In a straight line, baby / Startin’ now, takin’ a straight line (Straight line) / Straight into forever with you / Yeah, with you.”

The lyric video for the song features one of Urban’s other loves: the singe loves vintage cars.

6 Keith Urban Music Videos Everyone Needs To See

  • "One Too Many" Keith with Pink (2020)

    The video begins with shots of various wreckage bobbing along the water’s surface, including a guitar, a telephone, sheet music, and other items. Urban is out on the water, using a bobbing sofa as a life raft as he floats along. Then, back on shore, Pink sits alone on the beach, looking out to sea. Keith said of Pink when the song came out, “I’ve always loved Pink’s voice, but her artistry and her multi-faceted ability to create, and her God-given talent, truly makes her one of the greatest voices of our time.”

  • "The Fighter" Keith with Carrie Underwood (2017)

    This duet with Carrie Underwood was a massive hit for Urban in 2017. The two also sang it together on a couple of award shows that year. The video which shows him and Underwood singing together while a young woman, who looks a lot like Carrie but is not, dances around. This video is one of his biggest ones and has over 1.2 million views on YouTube.

  • "The Fighter" - Viral Video with wife Nicole Kidman (2017)

    To promote his song “The Fighter” in 2017, Keith playfully joins his wife Nicole Kidman in their car while the song plays, and they sing it together. Urban has said the song was written about his relationship with Nicole. That video, which was shot on a phone that sat on the dashboard, has been viewed over ten million times. It starts with Kidman saying when she hears the guitar intro, “Oh my gosh, I love this song!”

  • "But For The Grace Of God" - (1999)

    This was one of Keith’s first official music videos and it’s from his first number-one song. The video shows a very young and handsome Urban sitting in a house and singing the song’s lyrics in front of a fireplace. He also walks down a city street at night.

  • "Wild Hearts" - (2022)

    This video really captures the feel of the song (which Keith co-wrote). He said to fans on Instagram when it came out, “To all of the lost ones who aren’t really lost ones, this song is for you. We are WILD HEARTS!” Urban told us of the song, “I’m here to tell you anything can happen in this life if you got the heart and the passion and a God-lit fire inside.”

  • "Somebody Like You" - (2002)

    This song is what Keith says was the turning point in his career when it shot to number one on the country charts in 2002. He said, “‘Somebody Like You’ was one of the most important songs for me that happened and, to a large degree, just sent my career into a whole different speed in a really wonderful way.” The video for the song is also visually stunning, showing Urban playing guitar and banjo and singing in the wild while the sun glares through his silhouette.

Nancy Brooks has been working in the country music industry for almost 30 years. She has interviewed pretty much any country star you can think of. In the late 1990s, she started working with Dolly Parton. And yes, Nancy reports that Parton is as sweet as you would think. She loves her life in country music and has been backstage at every CMA Awards show since the late 1990s. Many of her stories are from her one-on-one interviews. She was there at the beginning of the incredible careers of many music superstars today, including Taylor Swift, Shania Twain, and Blake Shelton, and has interviewed them multiple times throughout the years.

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