'Til Summer Comes Around

Til Summer Comes Around TilSummerComesAround.png single Keith Urban Defying Gravity 2009 11 23 y 2009 Country 5:31 (album version) 3:53 (radio edit) Capitol Nashville Monty Powell Keith Urban Dann Huff Keith Urban Only You Can Love Me This Way 2009 I'm In 2010 "Til Summer Comes Around" is a song co-written and recorded by Australian country music singer Keith Urban. It was released in November 2009 as the fourth single from his 2009 album Defying Gravity. The song peaked at number 3 on the US Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. Urban wrote this song with Monty Powell. Content The narrator compares a quiet boardwalk in the wintertime to something being "as empty as [his] broken heart," remembering the times that he and his lover had at the carnival rides there while the boardwalk was open in the summertime. As the song progresses, it is revealed that he has remained in the town for several years, waiting for her to return, as promised, in the summer. It is accompanied mostly by electric guitar and organ.http://www.roughstock.com/blog/keith-urban-til-summer-comes-around- Keith Urban — "'Til Summer Comes Around" Peacock Bobby 2009-11-19 Roughstock 20 November 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20091123130633/http://www.roughstock.com/blog/keith-urban-til-summer-comes-around- 2009-11-23 dead Music video Directed by Noble Jones, the music video was released on January 12, 2010. It won the Male Video of the Year Award at the 2010 CMT Music Awards. It was filmed in Santa Monica, CA. Critical reception Thom Jurek of Allmusic referred to the song as "haunting, nocturnal, and dreamily textured" in his review of the album.album r1493837 yes Defying Gravity review Jurek Thom Allmusic 2009-11-20 Bobby Peacock of Roughstock said that it was "more substantial" than the album's other three singles and "a standout even among [Urban's] many great ballads." Chris Neal of Country Weekly gave it four-and-a-half stars out of five, saying that "[t]he words paint a vivid picture of a setting that perfectly mirrors the narrator's emotional state" and calling it "one of [Urban's] best [singles] to date."Neal Chris 2009-12-14 Reviews — Singles Country Weekly 16 44 54 1074-3235 Chart performance Til Summer Comes Around" debuted at number 41 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts dated November 28, 2009. Before the song's release, a Keith Urban fan blog called Urban Country Blog had started a petition to release the song as a single. It also debuted at number 92 on the Billboard Hot 100 and has peaked at number 58. It reached a peak of number three on the Hot Country Songs charts in 2010. Chart (2009–2010)PeakpositionBillboardcanadacountry 1 Keith Urban 10 April 2020Canada 74 Keith Urban April 10, 2011Billboardhot100 58 Keith Urban April 10, 2011Billboardcountrysongs 3 Keith Urban April 10, 2011 Year-end charts Chart (2010)Position US Country Songs (Billboard)http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2010/hot-country-songs Best of 2010: Country Songs Billboard Prometheus Global Media 2010 December 13, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20101211104551/http://www.billboard.com/ 11 December 2010 live 13 Certifications United States Keith Urban Til Summer Comes Around Gold single 2009 2019 August 24, 2019 true true true Awards The song won the 2011 Grammy Award for Best Male Country Vocal Performance on February 13, 2011.http://www.countryweekly.com/lady_antebellum_tops_grammys/news/5467 Lady Antebellum Tops Grammys Tucker Ken 13 February 2011 Country Weekly 14 February 2011 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110217201047/http://www.countryweekly.com/lady_antebellum_tops_grammys/news/5467 17 February 2011 References Category:Keith Urban songs Category:2009 singles Category:Songs written by Monty Powell Category:Songs written by Keith Urban Category:Song recordings produced by Dann Huff Category:Capitol Records Nashville singles Category:2009 songs Category:Country ballads