Format Digital download Length 3:50 | Recorded 2016 | |
Released 8 August 2016 (2016-08-08) Label Hit RedCapitol Nashville | ||
"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, through Hit Red and Capitol Nashville. The song was produced by Dann Huff.
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The song became a big commercial and chart success. In the United States, it topped the Hot Country Songs chart for twelve straight weeks and also reached number 24 on the Hot 100. It also reached number one on the Country Airplay chart.
The song is nominated for two Grammy Awards at the 59th Grammy Awards – Best Country Solo Performance for Urban and Best Country Song for its songwriters.
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.
Commercial performance
In the United States, "Blue Ain't Your Color" reached number one on the Country Airplay chart and number one on the Hot Country Songs chart, spending twelve consecutive weeks at that spot.
The song debuted at number 73 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and has reached number 24. 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 February 2017, the song has sold 805,000 copies in the United States.
Music video
The music video was directed by Carter Smith and premiered in September 2016.