Messed Up as Me

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"Messed Up as Me"
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Single by Keith Urban
from the album High
Released1 March 2024 (2024-03-01)
Genre
Length3:16
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Keith Urban singles chronology
"Straight Line"
(2024)
"Messed Up as Me"
(2024)

"Messed Up as Me" is a song recorded and co-produced by New Zealand-born Australian-American country artist Keith Urban. [1] The song was written by Jessie Jo Dillon, Shane McAnally, Michael Lotten, and Rodney Clawson. [2] It was released on March 1, 2024 as the lead single from Urban's upcoming twelfth studio album High.

Contents

Background

Urban debuted "Messed Up as Me" live on 29 February 2024, during the "Team UMG at the Ryman" show at the annual Country Radio Seminar in Nashville, Tennessee. [3] [4] He described the song material as being about two people in a relationship "who know they aren't good for each other" and that there is "only one good aspect to it. All the rest is completely toxic and dysfunctional. But this one area is [fantastic]. So you put up with all the rest". [5] [6]

Critical reception

Coti Howell of Nashville Noise favourably reviewed the track, describing it as "an instant earworm, despite having an unsettled feeling to it". [7]

Charts

Chart performance for "Messed Up as Me"
Chart (2024)Peak
position
Australia Country Hot 50 ( The Music ) [8] 11
Canada Country ( Billboard ) [9] 27
Canada Digital Songs ( Billboard ) [10] 17
UK Country Airplay (Radiomonitor) [11] 17
US Country Airplay ( Billboard ) [12]
[13]
18
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [14] 40

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