Brown Eyes Baby by Keith Urban

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Brown Eyes Baby
by Keith Urban

Album: yet to be titled (2022)

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Here, Keith Urban wants to "put the smile right back" on a girl's brokenhearted face. She's been in low spirits for a long time and Urban is looking to restore her zest for life again.
We don't know what brought on the girl's depression, it may be the end of a relationship, or it could just be life struggles. "It's really about wanting to bring out the best in somebody and wanting to help them bring that back out in them," Urban told Apple Music. "And, particularly, personalities and characters and colors that we've lost for whatever reason - life gets in the way, heartbreak, responsibilities, call it what you will. A lot of that gets lost. And in the case of the girl in this song, a lot of that has gotten lost, but it's all in there waiting to be rediscovered and brought back out. All I want to do is help her try and find that girl again."
Ain't gotta be nothin' more than one more drink
And maybe I can take the blue out of your brown eyes, baby

The Will Bundy, Rodney Clawson, Josh Thompson and Morgan Wallen-penned song returns to a theme that Urban has visited before. Like "Brown Eyes Baby," "Blue Ain't Your Color" is a chin-up song addressed to a down-in-the-dumps girl with a color theme. The track also nods to the Crystal Gayle classic tearjerker "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue."
After recording "Brown Eyes Baby" with producer Dan Huff earlier in 2022 in Nashville, Urban released it as a single on July 8, 2022.
Urban gave "Brown Eyes Baby" its live debut on the opening night of his The Speed Of Now World Tour at iTHINK Financial Amphitheatre in West Palm Beach on June 17, 2022.
Urban played the banjo on the track and, along with Dan Huff, the electric guitar. Josh Needy sang background vocals. The other musicians are:

Charlie Judge: synthesizer, Hammond B3
Jimmie Lee Sloas: bass
Matt Chamberlain: drums
Keith Urban was immediately drawn to "Brown Eyes Baby" when he first heard the demo. "I love songs that are looking to bring out the best in somebody and bring somebody back to life, you know," he said. "The songs that I've loved that have done that for me that give me hope and lift me up and see me for who I can be, those kinds of songs, those kinds of people really, which is what 'Brown Eyes Baby' is, and it's just sexy. It's sexy as hell. (laughs) I love that song."

Comments: 2

Ringus Bingus from UkReferring to Jose Cuervo tequila! Don’t worry you are safe man:)
José Redondo from Far EastI don't get this part:
"Puttin' the hurtin' on some José"

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