Blue Ain't Your Color

"Blue Ain't Your Color" is a song recorded by Australian country music singer Keith Urban and written by Steven Lee Olsen, Hillary Lindsey and Clint Lagerberg. It was released on 8 August 2016 as the fourth single from his ninth studio album, Ripcord by Hit Red and Capitol Nashville. The song was produced by Dann Huff.

Content

The song is about a male observing a lonely woman at a bar who is dissatisfied in her relationship.

The song is in the key of G major and a 12/8 time signature, with a main chord pattern of G-Am-C-D-G.^[1]

Commercial performance

In the United States, "Blue Ain't Your Color" reached number 8 on the Country Airplay chart and number one on the Hot Country Songs chart.^[2]

The song debuted at number 73 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and has since reached number 24.^[3] This is Keith's nineteenth top 40 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, seventh top 30 hit and first top 30 hit since "We Were Us" in 2013. As of November 2016, the song has sold 502,000 copies in the United States.^[4]

Music video

The music video was directed by Carter Smith and premiered in September 2016.^[5]

Charts and certifications

Weekly charts

Chart (2016)	Peak position
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)^[6]	40
Canada Country (Billboard)^[7]	1
US Billboard Hot 100^[8]	24
US Country Airplay (Billboard)^[9]	6
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)^[10]	1

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/Sales
Canada (Music Canada)^[11]	Gold	40,000^{^}
^*sales figures based on certification alone ^{^}shipments figures based on certification alone

Preceded by "Setting the World on Fire" by Kenny Chesney featuring Pink	Billboard Hot Country Songs number-one single November 19–December 10, 2016	Succeeded by incumbent
Preceded by "May We All" by Florida Georgia Line featuring Tim McGraw	Billboard Canada Country number-one single December 10, 2016	Succeeded by incumbent

References

↑ "'Blue Ain't Your Color' sheet music". musicnotes.com. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
↑ http://headlineplanet.com/home/2016/11/07/keith-urbans-blue-aint-color-reaches-1-hot-country-songs/
↑ http://www.billboard.com/artist/305660/Keith+Urban/chart?f=379
↑ Bjorke, Matt (November 28, 2016). "Top 30 Digital Singles Sales Report: November 28, 2016". Roughstock.
↑ "CMT : Videos : Keith Urban : Blue Ain't Your Color". Country Music Television. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
↑ "Keith Urban – Chart history" Canadian Hot 100 for Keith Urban. Retrieved November 15, 2016.
↑ "Keith Urban – Chart history" Billboard Canada Country for Keith Urban. Retrieved November 29, 2016.
↑ "Keith Urban – Chart history" Billboard Hot 100 for Keith Urban. Retrieved November 22, 2016.
↑ "Keith Urban – Chart history" Billboard Country Airplay for Keith Urban. Retrieved November 29, 2016.
↑ "Keith Urban – Chart history" Billboard Hot Country Songs for Keith Urban. Retrieved November 7, 2016.
↑ "Canadian single certifications – Keith Urban – Blue Ain't Your Color". Music Canada. Retrieved November 26, 2016.

Keith Urban singles

Keith Urban (1991)	"Only You" "I Never Work on a Sunday" "Arms of Mary" "The River"

Keith Urban (1999)	"It's a Love Thing" "Your Everything" "But for the Grace of God" "Where the Blacktop Ends"

Golden Road	"Somebody Like You" "Raining on Sunday" "Who Wouldn't Wanna Be Me" "You'll Think of Me"

Be Here	"Days Go By" "You're My Better Half" "Making Memories of Us" "Better Life" "Tonight I Wanna Cry"

Love, Pain & the Whole Crazy Thing	"Once in a Lifetime" "Stupid Boy" "I Told You So" "Everybody"

Greatest Hits: 19 Kids	"You Look Good in My Shirt"

Defying Gravity	"Sweet Thing" "Kiss a Girl" "Only You Can Love Me This Way" "'Til Summer Comes Around" "I'm In"

Get Closer	"Put You in a Song" "Without You" "Long Hot Summer" "You Gonna Fly"

Act of Valor: The Album	"For You"

Fuse	"Little Bit of Everything" "Shame" "We Were Us" (with Miranda Lambert) "Cop Car" "Somewhere in My Car" "Raise 'Em Up" (with Eric Church)

Ripcord	"John Cougar, John Deere, John 3:16" "Break on Me" "Wasted Time" "Blue Ain't Your Color"

Guest singles	"America the Beautiful" "The Twelfth of Never" (with Dolly Parton) "Funky Tonight" (with The John Butler Trio) "In God's Hands" (with Nelly Furtado) "Start a Band" (with Brad Paisley) "Blue Sky" (with Emily West) "Lean on Me" (with Sheryl Crow and Kid Rock)

Related articles	"Highway Don't Care" (with Tim McGraw and Taylor Swift)

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