Keith Urban celebrated his recent No. 1 success for “John Cougar, John Deere, John 3:16” at a morning celebration – complete with sausage and biscuits and French toast skewers – on Wednesday (October 21st) in Nashville. As per his usual modus operandi at No. 1 parties, Keith performed the song with the tune’s writers – Ross Copperman, Shane McAnally and Josh Osborne – as well as with producer Dann Huff.

Apparently, the final recording was a bit different from the original demo, however, that didn’t take away from the song. “For me, it was just a great song. It kinda didn’t matter how it was done, it was a great song. It was solid, great melody. Even from a singer’s standpoint, there’s certain things about rhythmic qualities of consonants and vowels and where they fall in a melody and where they fall in the rhythm that matter to me; maybe not even just matter, but they resonate with me that way,” says Keith. “So, you can have a song that’s really well-written lyrically, but it’s not great to sing. It doesn’t sing well. It reads well, but it doesn’t sing well, and this is one of those songs that does everything.”

Keith, who will perform during this year’s CMA Awards, is nominated for Music Event of the Year for “Raise ‘Em Up” with Eric Church.

Keith has released his new single, “Break On Me,” which is from his forthcoming album.