Greatest Hits: 18 Kids

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Greatest Hits: 18 Kids
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Greatest hits album by
Keith Urban
Released
  • 20 November 2007 (as 18 Kids)
  • 19 August 2008 (as 19 Kids)
Genre Country
Length
  • 75:26(18 Kids)
  • 79:21 (19 Kids)
Label Capitol Nashville
Producer
Keith Urban chronology
Love, Pain & the Whole Crazy Thing
(2006)		Greatest Hits: 18 Kids
(2007)		 Defying Gravity
(2009)
Singles from Greatest Hits: 19 Kids
  1. "You Look Good in My Shirt"
    Released: 17 June 2008
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Greatest Hits: 18 Kids (known as Greatest Hits: 19 Kids on the reissue) is a greatest hits album by Keith Urban, released on 20 November 2007 by Capitol Nashville. [3] It contains 16 of Urban's hits as well as two new songs. Two versions of the album were released: a regular edition and a special edition; the second disc includes 12 music videos. [4] Both versions use the radio edits of Urban's songs, except for "Somebody Like You." Also included is a cover of Steve Forbert's 1980 single "Romeo's Tune" and a re-recording of the non-single "Got It Right This Time", from his 2006 album Love, Pain & the Whole Crazy Thing .

Contents

The album debuted at number 11 on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart, selling at least 117,000 copies in its first week. [5] It received a Gold certification from both the RIAA and CRIA. It has sold 1,208,700 copies in the U.S. as of April 2017. [6]

Re-issue

The album was re-released as Greatest Hits: 19 Kids on 19 August 2008 to include a newly recorded version of "You Look Good in My Shirt". [7] This song was originally recorded on his 2002 album Golden Road , and the newly recorded version was issued as a single in June 2008.

Track listing

Original release as Greatest Hits: 18 Kids
No.TitleWriter(s)AlbumLength
1."Romeo's Tune" Steve Forbert previously unreleased3:47
2."Got It Right This Time (The Celebration)" Keith Urban previously unreleased4:44
3."I Told You So" (radio edit; featuring string arrangements by David Campbell)Urban Love, Pain & the Whole Crazy Thing 4:02
4."Stupid Boy"
Love, Pain & the Whole Crazy Thing6:21
5."Better Life"
 Be Here 4:43
6."Making Memories of Us" (radio edit) Rodney Crowell Be Here3:56
7."Once in a Lifetime" (radio edit; featuring string arrangements by David Campbell)
Love, Pain & the Whole Crazy Thing4:11
8."Tonight I Wanna Cry"
Be Here4:19
9."You're My Better Half" (radio edit)
  • Shanks
  • Urban
Be Here3:59
10."Days Go By"
  • Powell
  • Urban
Be Here3:49
11."But for the Grace of God" (radio edit)
 Keith Urban 3:44
12."You'll Think of Me" (single version)
 Golden Road 3:51
13."Who Wouldn't Wanna Be Me" (single version)
  • Powell
  • Urban
Golden Road3:41
14."Raining on Sunday" (radio edit)
Golden Road3:54
15."Where the Blacktop Ends" (radio edit)
Keith Urban3:06
16."Your Everything" (radio edit)
Keith Urban3:59
17."Somebody Like You"
  • Shanks
  • Urban
Golden Road5:23
18."Everybody" (radio edit)
  • Marx
  • Urban
Love, Pain & the Whole Crazy Thing3:57
Total length:75:21
Greatest Hits: 19 Kids re-release
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
19."You Look Good in My Shirt"
3:55
Total length:79:21
Special edition DVD
No.TitleLength
1."I Told You So"4:26
2."Stupid Boy"6:14
3."Once in a Lifetime"4:26
4."Tonight I Wanna Cry"4:18
5."Better Life"5:11
6."Making Memories of Us"4:05
7."You're My Better Half"4:11
8."Days Go By"3:48
9."You'll Think of Me"4:49
10."Who Wouldn't Wanna Be Me"4:41
11."Raining on Sunday"4:44
12."Somebody Like You"4:00

Personnel

Romeo's Tune

Got It Right This Time (The Celebration)

You Look Good in My Shirt

Chart performance

Singles

YearSinglePeak chart positions
US Country US CAN
2008"You Look Good in My Shirt"14454

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [16] 3× Platinum210,000‡
Canada (Music Canada) [17] Platinum100,000^
United States (RIAA) [18] Platinum1,208,700 [6]

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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