Keith Urban was the man of honor at a party celebrating his recent No. 1 hit, “Somewhere in My Car.” The event was held at Nashville’s Musicians Hall of Fame, which was the star’s choice of venue to draw more attention to the place as well as to pay tribute to the musicians who played on his album, Fuse.
After speaking to the media, Keith jumped on stage and sat down at the piano to perform “Somewhere in My Car” with a trio of string musicians. He and his co-writer J.T. Harding were presented with plaques and awards commemorating the song’s success. In addition to his publishing company, management company and record label, Keith’s wife, Nicole Kidman, was also in attendance to celebrate Keith and the song.
Prior to his party, Keith says a No. 1 song has to have a couple of different elements – relatability and production. “People relate to that story of that kind of painful, somewhat pathetic reminiscing, desperate, you know? That you can’t help yourself, sort of play those memories over and over even though you know it’s never coming back,” says Keith. “I think that the essence of that with the song is the first thing, and then hopefully the record-making process has sort of an ear appeal to get you to hear the lyric.”
Keith is also racing up the country chart with his latest single, “Raise ‘Em Up,” featuring pal Eric Church.
Audio / Prior to his party at the Musicians Hall of Fame, Keith Urban, who co-wrote “Somewhere in My Car” with J.T. Harding, says a No. 1 song has to have a couple of different elements – relatability and production.
DownloadKeith Urban (Somewhere in My Car #1) OC: …the lyric. :26
“People relate to that story of that kind of painful, somewhat pathetic reminiscing, desperate, you know? That you can’t help yourself, sort of play those memories over and over even though you know it’s never coming back. I think that the essence of that with the song is the first thing, and then hopefully the record-making process has sort of an ear appeal to get you to hear the lyric.”
Audio / J.T. Harding talks about writing “Somewhere in My Car” with Keith Urban.
DownloadJT Harding (Somewhere in My Car) OC: …to sound. :35
“Well, I picked up the guitar, and then [Keith] picked up the guitar, so I put mine down [muted laughter] immediately. What I remember very specifically before it was even written, Keith, you were saying, ‘This is how I want the drums to sound, this is the melody I like, I want the guitars to sound like this.’ So, he had a blueprint – and I say this a lot, and I’ll keep saying it again and again – Keith had a blueprint of the song and the sound before we’d even written it. It just stands out to me how focused and what a vision you had. I knew it was going to be great, because he just had a vision of it. So, it, of course, was different. We wrote it on an acoustic guitar, but I think you knew how you wanted it to sound.”
