Blue Ain't Your Color
"Blue Ain't Your Color" | ||||
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Single by Keith Urban | ||||
from the album Ripcord | ||||
Released | 8 August 2016 | |||
Recorded | 2016 | |||
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Length | 3:50 | |||
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"Blue Ain't Your Color" is a song recorded by New Zealand-born 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 Urban's 2016 album Ripcord.
The song has been a big commercial and chart success. In the United States, it reached number one on the US Billboard Hot Country Songs and Country Airplay charts for 12 straight weeks in that position on the former.[1] It also peaked at number 24 on the Billboard Hot 100.
"Blue Ain't Your Color" also received two
Content
"Blue Ain't Your Color" is about a male observing a lonely woman at a bar who is dissatisfied in her current relationship. This song is set in the key of G major and has a 6/8 time signature and a main chord pattern of G–Am–C–D–G.[2]
Chart performance
In the US, "Blue Ain't Your Color" reached number one on the US Country Airplay chart and number one on the US Hot Country Songs chart, and remained there for twelve consecutive weeks at that spot until it was knocked off by "Better Man", performed by Little Big Town.[3]
Blue Ain't Your Color debuted at number 73 on the US
Music video
The music video was directed by motion picture director Carter Smith and premiered in September 2016. It shows Urban singing on the stage while a woman (played by Amber Valletta) comes into the bar crying and playing the jukebox and dancing to the song.[8]
Charts
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
Decade-end charts
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Certifications
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Australia (ARIA)[20] | 2× Platinum | 140,000‡ |
Canada (Music Canada)[21] | Platinum | 80,000‡ |
United States (RIAA)[22] | 6× Platinum | 6,000,000‡ |
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. |
References
- ^ "Keith Urban's "Blue Ain't Your Color" Remains #1 On Hot Country Songs; Little Big Town's "Better Man" Top 5". Headline Planet. 13 December 2016.
- ^ "'Blue Ain't Your Color' sheet music". musicnotes.com. 6 October 2016. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
- ^ "Keith Urban's "Blue Ain't Your Color" Reaches #1 On Hot Country Songs". Headline Planet. 7 November 2016.
- ^ "Keith Urban – Chart history – Billboard". Billboard. Archived from the original on 2018-05-04. Retrieved 2017-04-20.
- ^ Bjorke, Matt (June 11, 2017). "Top 30 Digital Country Singles Sales Chart: July 11, 2017". Roughstock.
- ^ Bjorke, Matt (December 19, 2017). "Top 30 Digital Singles Chart: December 19, 2017". Roughstock. Retrieved December 22, 2017.
- ^ "RIAA Certifications - Keith Urban". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved March 1, 2020.
- Country Music Television. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
- ^ "Keith Urban Chart History (Canadian Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved November 15, 2016.
- ^ "Keith Urban Chart History (Canada Country)". Billboard. Retrieved November 29, 2016.
- ^ "Keith Urban Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved November 22, 2016.
- ^ "Keith Urban Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard. Retrieved May 13, 2017.
- ^ "Keith Urban Chart History (Country Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved January 3, 2017.
- ^ "Keith Urban Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved November 7, 2016.
- ^ "Hot Country Songs – Year-End 2016". Billboard. Retrieved April 26, 2020.
- ^ "Adult Contemporary Songs – Year-End 2017". Billboard. Retrieved January 4, 2018.
- ^ "Country Airplay Songs – Year-End 2017". Billboard. Retrieved December 18, 2017.
- ^ "Hot Country Songs – Year-End 2017". Billboard. Retrieved December 18, 2017.
- ^ "Decade-End Charts: Hot Country Songs". Billboard. Retrieved January 5, 2020.
- ^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2023 Singles" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved February 4, 2022.
- ^ "Canadian single certifications – Keith Urban – Blue Ain't Your Color". Music Canada. Retrieved May 17, 2017.
- ^ "American single certifications – Keith Urban – Blue Ain't Your Color". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved August 10, 2022.