But for the Grace of God (song)

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"But for the Grace of God"
Keith Urban - Grace of God.jpg
Single by Keith Urban
from the album Keith Urban
B-side "I Thought You Knew" [1]
ReleasedNovember 28, 2000
Recorded1999
Genre Country
Length4:33 (album version)
3:43 (radio version)
Label Capitol Nashville
Songwriter(s) Keith Urban
Charlotte Caffey
Jane Wiedlin
Producer(s) Keith Urban
Matt Rollings
Keith Urban singles chronology
"Your Everything"
(2000)
"But for the Grace of God"
(2000)
"Where the Blacktop Ends"
(2001)

"But for the Grace of God" is a song co-written and recorded by Australian country music singer Keith Urban. Urban wrote the song along with Charlotte Caffey and Jane Wiedlin of The Go-Go's. It was released in November 2000 as the third single from his self-titled American debut album. The song became Urban's first number one hit on the US Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart for the week of February 24, 2001, and maintained that position for one week. This ended a two-and-a-half-year streak in which no artist on the Capitol Records label achieved a Number One single on the country charts. [2]

Contents

Single and album version differences

Both radio edit and album-length versions had been issued. The radio edit excises a musical bridge after the second chorus and has a slightly different ending than the album cut.

Music video

The music video for this song was directed by Trey Fanjoy, and premiered on CMT on December 2, 2000. It features Urban walking down a busy street at night.

Chart positions

Chart (2000–2001)Peak
position
Canada Country Tracks ( RPM ) [3] 75 [a]
US Billboard Hot 100 [4] 37
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [5] 1

Year-end charts

Chart (2001)Position
US Country Songs ( Billboard ) [6] 16

Notes

  1. "But for the Grace of God" had not yet peaked when RPM ceased publication in November 2000.

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