We Were

"We Were"
"We Were"
Single by Keith Urban
from the album The Speed of Now Part 1
B-side	"Happier"
Released	13 May 2019
Genre	Country
Length	3:10
Label	Capitol Nashville
Songwriters	Eric Church; Ryan Tyndell; Jeff Hyde;
Producers	Dann Huff; Keith Urban;
Keith Urban singles chronology

"We Were" is a song written by Eric Church, Ryan Tyndell, and Jeff Hyde and recorded by Australian country music artist Keith Urban. It was released on 13 May 2019 as the first single from Urban's eleventh studio album The Speed of Now Part 1 (2020). A duet version featuring Church was later released, making it the second collaboration between Urban and Church, following 2015's "Raise 'Em Up". The song reached number-one on the Canada Country chart.

Background

Country music singer Eric Church wrote the song with Ryan Tyndell and Jeff Hyde, and Urban produced it with longtime producer Dann Huff.^[1] The song uses "vivid imagery" and "earnest nostalgia" to tell of "romances that we all know won't last".^[2] Billy Dukes of the blog Taste of Country found the song similar in content and tone to previous Urban singles such as "'Til Summer Comes Around" and "We Were Us", while also noting a more "sparse" production compared to the Graffiti U album preceding it.^[1] On 2 August 2019, Urban released an acoustic remix.^[3] The song was released as a limited-edition 7-inch vinyl with a cover of Marshmello and Bastille's "Happier" as its B-side.^[4]

Music video

The one-shot video was released on August 6, 2019, and was shot in Times Square, New York.

Chart performance

"We Were" reached number four on Billboard's Country Airplay chart.^[5] It has sold 65,000 copies in the United States as of November 2019.^[6]

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2019)	Peak position
Canada Country (Billboard)^[7]	1
Canada Digital Songs (Billboard)^[8]	26
US Billboard Hot 100^[9]	65
US Country Airplay (Billboard)^[10]	4
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)^[11]	7

Year-end charts

Chart (2019)	Position
US Country Airplay (Billboard)^[12]	33
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)^[13]	43

Chart (2020)	Position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)^[14]	96

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)^[15]	Gold	35,000^‡
United States (RIAA)^[16]	Gold	500,000^‡
^‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

^ ^a ^b Billy Dukes (14 May 2019). "Keith Urban's 'We Were' Pulls Back to Center For Lost-Love Song". Taste of Country. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
^ Joseph Hudak (14 May 2019). "Keith Urban Recalls Fleeting Romances, Cover Bands in New Song 'We Were'". Rolling Stone Country. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
^ Ryan Reichard (2 August 2019). "Keith Urban's Acoustic 'We Were' Will Fill You With Longing". Taste of Country. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
^ ""We Were" Blue Cover with Blue 7" Vinyl". keithurban.net. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
^ "Country Airplay". Billboard. 30 November 2019.
^ Bjorke, Matt (30 November 2019). "Top 30 Digital Country Songs: November 24, 2019". Rough Stock. Archived from the original on 24 October 2020. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
^ "Keith Urban Chart History (Canada Country)". Billboard.
^ "Keith Urban Chart History (Hot Canadian Digital Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved June 20, 2021.
^ "Keith Urban Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
^ "Keith Urban Chart History (Country Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
^ "Keith Urban Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
^ "Country Airplay – Year-End 2019". Billboard. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
^ "Hot Country Songs – Year-End 2019". Billboard. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
^ "Hot Country Songs – Year-End 2020". Billboard. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2023 Singles" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved October 20, 2023.
^ "American single certifications – Keith Urban – We Were". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved October 25, 2021.

[taste-1] Billy Dukes (14 May 2019). "Keith Urban's 'We Were' Pulls Back to Center For Lost-Love Song". Taste of Country. Retrieved 14 October 2019.

[joseph-2] Joseph Hudak (14 May 2019). "Keith Urban Recalls Fleeting Romances, Cover Bands in New Song 'We Were'". Rolling Stone Country. Retrieved 14 October 2019.

[3] Ryan Reichard (2 August 2019). "Keith Urban's Acoustic 'We Were' Will Fill You With Longing". Taste of Country. Retrieved 14 October 2019.

[4] ""We Were" Blue Cover with Blue 7" Vinyl". keithurban.net. Retrieved 26 September 2020.

[5] "Country Airplay". Billboard. 30 November 2019.

[6] Bjorke, Matt (30 November 2019). "Top 30 Digital Country Songs: November 24, 2019". Rough Stock. Archived from the original on 24 October 2020. Retrieved 12 December 2019.

[sc_Billboardcanadacountry_Keith_Urban-7] "Keith Urban Chart History (Canada Country)". Billboard.

[CanDigital-8] "Keith Urban Chart History (Hot Canadian Digital Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved June 20, 2021.

[sc_Billboardhot100_Keith_Urban-9] "Keith Urban Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved 26 November 2019.

[sc_Billboardcountryairplay_Keith_Urban-10] "Keith Urban Chart History (Country Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved 26 November 2019.

[sc_Billboardcountrysongs_Keith_Urban-11] "Keith Urban Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved 10 December 2019.

[12] "Country Airplay – Year-End 2019". Billboard. Retrieved 6 December 2019.

[13] "Hot Country Songs – Year-End 2019". Billboard. Retrieved 6 December 2019.

[14] "Hot Country Songs – Year-End 2020". Billboard. Retrieved 3 December 2020.

[AustraliaKeith_UrbanWe_WeresingleCertRef-15] "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2023 Singles" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved October 20, 2023.

[United_StatesKeith_UrbanWe_WeresingleCertRef-16] "American single certifications – Keith Urban – We Were". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved October 25, 2021.

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v t e Keith Urban singles
Discography
Keith Urban	"It's a Love Thing" "Your Everything" "But for the Grace of God" "Where the Blacktop Ends"
Golden Road	"Somebody Like You" "Raining on Sunday" "Who Wouldn't Wanna Be Me" "You'll Think of Me"
Be Here	"Days Go By" "You're My Better Half" "Making Memories of Us" "Better Life" "Tonight I Wanna Cry"
Love, Pain & the Whole Crazy Thing	"Once in a Lifetime" "Stupid Boy" "I Told You So" "Everybody"
Greatest Hits: 19 Kids	"You Look Good in My Shirt"
Defying Gravity	"Sweet Thing" "Kiss a Girl" "Only You Can Love Me This Way" "'Til Summer Comes Around" "I'm In"
Get Closer	"Put You in a Song" "Without You" "Long Hot Summer" "You Gonna Fly"
Fuse	"Little Bit of Everything" "Shame" "We Were Us" "Cop Car" "Somewhere in My Car" "Raise 'Em Up"
Ripcord	"John Cougar, John Deere, John 3:16" "Break on Me" "Wasted Time" "Blue Ain't Your Color" "The Fighter"
Graffiti U	"Female" "Parallel Line" "Coming Home" "Never Comin Down"
The Speed of Now Part 1	"We Were" "God Whispered Your Name" "Polaroid" "Superman" "Change Your Mind" "One Too Many"
High	"Straight Line" "Messed Up as Me" "Go Home W U"
Collaborative songs	"America the Beautiful" "The Twelfth of Never" "Funky Tonight" "In God's Hands" "Start a Band" "Lean on Me" "Highway Don't Care" "Be a Light" "Forever Country" "Love Songs Ain't for Us" "Throw It Back" "That's When"
Other songs	"Arms of Mary" "For You" "Wild Hearts" "Nightfalls" "Brown Eyes Baby" "Street Called Main"

v t e Eric Church
Discography
Studio albums	Sinners Like Me (2006) Carolina (2009) Chief (2011) The Outsiders (2014) Mr. Misunderstood (2015) Desperate Man (2018) Heart & Soul (2021) Evangeline vs. the Machine (2025)
Singles	"How 'Bout You" "Two Pink Lines" "Guys Like Me" "Love Your Love the Most" "Hell on the Heart" "Smoke a Little Smoke" "Homeboy" "Drink in My Hand" "Springsteen" "Creepin'" "Like Jesus Does" "The Outsiders" "Give Me Back My Hometown" "Cold One" "Talladega" "Like a Wrecking Ball" "Mr. Misunderstood" "Record Year" "Kill a Word" "Round Here Buzz" "Desperate Man" "Some of It" "Monsters" "Stick That in Your Country Song" "Hell of a View" "Heart on Fire" "Darkest Hour (Helene Edit)" "Hands of Time" "Johnny"
Guest singles	"The Only Way I Know" "Raise 'Em Up" "Are You Ready for the Country" "Does to Me" "Man Made a Bar"
Concert tours	No Shoes Nation Tour Holdin' My Own Tour

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