The Speed of Now Part 1

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The Speed of Now Part 1
Keith Urban- The Speed of Now Part 1.png
Studio album by
Keith Urban
Released18 September 2020
Genre
Length49:37
Label
Producer
Keith Urban chronology
Graffiti U
(2018)		The Speed of Now Part 1
(2020)
Singles from The Speed of Now Part 1
  1. "We Were"
    Released: 13 May 2019
  2. "God Whispered Your Name"
    Released: 2 March 2020
  3. "Polaroid"
    Released: 24 April 2020 [2]
  4. "Superman"
    Released: 17 July 2020 [3]
  5. "Change Your Mind"
    Released: 7 August 2020 [4]
  6. "One Too Many"
    Released: 28 September 2020
  7. "Out the Cage"
    Released: 23 April 2021 [5]

The Speed of Now Part 1 is the eleventh studio album by New Zealand-born Australian country music singer Keith Urban. The album was released on 18 September 2020 via Hit Red and Capitol Records Nashville. [6] [7] [8]

Contents

The album won the Highest Selling Album at the 2021 Queensland Music Awards. [9] [10]

Track listing

The Speed of Now Part 1 track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)ProducersLength
1."Out the Cage" (featuring Breland and Nile Rodgers)
  • Urban
  • Sumsor
  • Small
3:09
2."One Too Many" (with Pink)
  • Urban
  • Cutfather
  • PhD
  • Dan McCarroll
3:23
3."Live With"
  • Urban
  • Kale
3:18
4."Superman"
2:50
5."Change Your Mind"
  • Urban
  • Koma
  • McCarroll
3:53
6."Forever"
4:07
7."Say Something"
  • Brandyn Burnette
  • Urban
  • Hansen
  • Jeppe London Bilsby
  • Celine Svanbäck
  • Scott Quinn
  • Lindy Robbins
  • Urban
  • Bilsby
  • Cutfather
2:57
8."Soul Food"
  • Urban
  • Sumser
  • Small
  • Breland
  • Urban
  • Sumsor
  • Small
2:36
9."Ain't It Like a Woman"
  • Urban
  • Johnston
  • Schmidt
3:16
10."With You"
  • Urban
  • McCarroll
  • Niccoli
3:08
11."Tumbleweed"
  • Neil Mason
  • James McNair
  • Johnston
  • Urban
  • Johnston
2:48
12."God Whispered Your Name"
  • Urban
  • McCarroll
3:52
13."Polaroid"
2:31
14."Better Than I Am"
  • Urban
  • White
4:31
15."We Were [Bonus Track] [upper-alpha 1] "
  • Urban
  • Huff
3:08
Total length:49:37
Digital and streaming bonus track [11]
No.TitleWriter(s)ProducersLength
16."We Were" (featuring Eric Church)
  • Hyde
  • Tyndell
  • Church
  • Urban
  • Huff
3:08
Total length:52:45
Japanese CD bonus track [12]
No.TitleLength
16."Higher Love" (from Global Citizen's One World: Together at Home)2:16
Total length:51:52

Note

  1. ↑ This track is listed as a bonus track on all physical editions of the album.

Personnel

Adapted from liner notes. [13]

"Out the Cage"

"One Too Many"

"Live With"

"Superman"

"Change Your Mind"

"Forever"

"Say Something"

"Soul Food"

"Ain't It Like a Woman"

"With You"

"Tumbleweed"

"God Whispered Your Name"

"Polaroid"

"Better Than I Am"

"We Were"

Technical

Charts

Certifications and sales

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [30] Gold35,000‡
Canada (Music Canada) [31] Gold40,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

CountryDateFormatLabelRef.
VariousSeptember 18, 2020 Digital download
  • Hit Red Records
  • Capitol Records Nashville
 [32]
Streaming
Compact disc

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