Released December 5, 2006 Label Capitol Nashville | Genre Country
country pop | |
Format CD single, music download Length 6:16 (album version)
3:46 (radio edit) Writer(s) Dave Berg, Deanna Bryant, Sarah Buxton | ||
"Stupid Boy" is a song that was written by Dave Berg, Deanna Bryant and Sarah Buxton. First recorded by Sarah Buxton, it was later recorded by Australian country music singer Keith Urban on his 2006 album Love, Pain & the Whole Crazy Thing, from which it was released as that album's second single in December 2006. A year after its release, the song won Urban a Grammy Award for Best Male Country Vocal Performance.
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History
Urban told Billboard that he recorded "Stupid Boy" at the suggestion of his wife, actress Nicole Kidman. He also noted how the song's subject matter contrasted with the more up-tempo love song "Once in a Lifetime," the album's first single, saying that the two songs were "yin and yang." Sarah Buxton, who co-wrote the song, recorded a version before Urban did. This version was included on a 2007 extended play entitled Almost My Record as well as Buxton's 2010 self-titled album.
Critical reception
Tamara Conniff and Ray Waddell of Billboard described the song as "a ballad on how men foolishly break the hearts of the women they love." Associated Press reviewer Michael McCall called it "a funky, witty take on a guy who can't appreciate how good he has it."
In 2008, the song won Urban a Grammy Award for Best Male Country Vocal Performance.
Personnel
As listed in liner notes.
Chart performance
Urban's rendition reached number 3 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts.
Awards (Keith Urban version)
This song, like it said in this article's introduction, became his second to win the Grammy Award for Best Male Country Vocal Performance in 2008, after his number one "You'll Think of Me" (from his 2002 album Golden Road) in 2006. The next ones of his do so are "Sweet Thing" in 2010 and "'Til Summer Comes Around" in 2011, which are both released as singles from his 2009 album Defying Gravity.
Cassadee Pope version
Cassadee Pope performed this song on NBC's singing competition show, The Voice. Pope went on to win the competition, and her studio version of the song reached the top of the iTunes Top 10 Singles the day after the song was released.
Cover Versions
In 10/26/2015, Andi and Alex covered the song with the knockout premiere on Ninth Season on The Voice (U.S. TV series).