Keith Urban performed today, Dec. 1, 2009, at BMI's No. 1 party for “Only You Can Love Me This Way.”
Keith Urban didn’t let a tight schedule keep him from celebrating his 11th No. 1 song today. The singer flew in from Los Angeles just before his No. 1 party at BMI in honor of his latest chart topper “Only You Can Love Me This Way.”
But he couldn’t stay long: He had to hop back on a plane about two hours later and head back to Los Angeles.
“A No. 1 is an important moment, and I’ve been fortunate enough to have a few but it doesn’t diminish the excitement you feel,” Urban said before the party. “As a songwriter that’s equally (true).”
The song is one of the three on Urban’s Defying Gravity CD that he didn’t have a hand in writing, but the singer thought it was still important to be at the party in support of those who did: Steve McEwan and John Reid. Reid was unable to attend the party as he was reported to be on his way to Thailand.
“It’s important for this town that is so steeped in history of amazing songwriters that the song should be honored, and for me I’m coming to honor Steve and John and the magic that is songwriting,” he said.
Urban said he chose to record “Only You Can Love Me This Way” for its “fluidity,” the way it paralleled his own life, and the opening guitar riff — which he openly admits he wishes he had written.
“For me it’s about being authentic,” Urban said. “I can’t sing something I don’t believe in. And this song … just fit. I just sang it about my wife (Nicole Kidman). It’s really that simple. I’m in a place where I know exactly what that is about. They wrote it from their place, and I sang it from mine.” http://twitpic.com/rrgea
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