Format Music download Length 3:25 | Genre Country Label Capitol Nashville | |
Released 14 May 2013 (2013-05-14) Writer(s) Brad Warren,
Brett Warren,
Kevin Rudolf | ||
"Little Bit of Everything" is a song written by Brad Warren, Brett Warren, and Kevin Rudolf and recorded by Australian country music artist Keith Urban. It was released in May 2013 as the first single from his eighth studio album Fuse. This is Keith's first Top 40 hit on the pop chart since Only You Can Love Me This Way in 2009.
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Content
"Little Bit of Everything" is about a man who expresses "a whole assortment of other desires to live life to its fullest." The song's concept came from a conversation that songwriting duo The Warren Brothers (Brad Warren and Brett Warren) had with Kevin Rudolf over their varied musical interests. According to Brett, the song was sent to Urban, who is friends with the Warren Brothers, but he was initially unaware that they wrote it.
Composition
Unlike on his last five albums, which he co-produced with Dann Huff, Urban co-produced with Nathan Chapman. Of the arrangement, Urban said that he found the song interesting because it put less emphasis on the chorus than on the verses, as opposed to most songs, in which the "chorus is kind of bigger." The introduction features a ukulele which was "chopped up" to create a stuttering sound. This part was inspired by Madonna's 2001 single, "Don't Tell Me". The bass line is also played on a synthesizer, due to the first two bass guitarists that they contacted being unavailable.
The song is in the key of A-flat major with a main chord pattern of A♭-D♭-E♭. It has a moderately fast tempo in a 2/2 time signature.
Critical reception
Billy Dukes of Taste of Country gave the song three and a half stars out of five, writing that Urban "wraps his arms around the spirit of the song and doesn’t try to make it something bigger than a catchy, feel-good, open-road anthem." Matt Bjorke of Roughstock gave the song four stars out of five, saying that it "showcases a pop-leaning sound without abandoning the style that Keith Urban has come to be known for."
Music video
The music video was directed by Isaac Ravishankara and premiered on 25 July 2013.
Personnel
From liner notes to Fuse:
Chart and sales performance
"Little Bit of Everything" debuted at number 30 on the US Billboard Country Airplay chart and number 24 on the US Billboard Hot Country Songs chart for the week of 1 June 2013. It also debuted at number 94 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart and number 35 on the Canadian Hot 100 chart for the week of 1 June 2013. As of October 2013, the song has sold 561,000 copies in the US.