Released March 21, 2005 Genre Country Writer(s) Rodney Crowell | Recorded 2004 Label Capitol Nashville | |
Length 4:11 (album version)
3:56 (radio edit) | ||
"Making Memories of Us" is a song written by American country music artist Rodney Crowell that has been recorded by several artists. The first version was recorded by American country music artist Tracy Byrd on his 2003 album The Truth About Men. One year later, Crowell and Vince Gill recorded the song as members of The Notorious Cherry Bombs, a side project comprising former members of Crowell's backing band.
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The third version of this song was recorded by Australian country music artist Keith Urban on his 2004 album Be Here, from which it was released in March 2005 as that album's third single. Urban's rendition was a Number One hit for him on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, a position that it held for five weeks.
Music video
The music video is in black-and-white, and was directed by Chris Hicky and premiered in early 2005.
Chart performance
"Making Memories of Us" debuted at number 55 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart for the week of March 19, 2005.
For the Hot Country Songs chart published June 4, 2005, the song's second week at No. 1, artists on the Capitol Nashville label held the No. 1 through No. positions on the chart, making for only the third time in the chart's history that all three positions were held by acts on the same label.