You're My Better Half Explained

You're My Better Half
Cover:You're My Better Half.jpg
Type:single
Artist:Keith Urban
Album:Be Here
Released:25 October 2004
Recorded:2004
Genre:Country
Length:4:12 (album version)
3:59 (radio edit)
Label:Capitol Nashville
Producer:Dann Huff, Keith Urban
Prev Title:Days Go By
Prev Year:2004
Next Title:Making Memories of Us
Next Year:2005

"You're My Better Half" is a song co-written and recorded by Australian country music artist Keith Urban. It was released in October 2004 as the second single from his 2004 album Be Here. The song peaked at number 2 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs charts. Urban wrote this song with John Shanks.

Critical reception

Deborah Evans Price of Billboard magazine reviewed the song favorably, calling the production "light and breezy." She goes on to call it an "engaging performance" and saying that the lyric "paints a sweet portrait of domestic bliss, the kind of love that makes it easier to endure a hard day at work because of the prize waiting at home."[1]

Music video

The music video was directed by Trey Fanjoy, and premiered on CMT on October 29, 2004.

Charts

"You're My Better Half" debuted at number 50 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart for the week of 30 October 2004.

Weekly charts

Chart (2004–2005)!scope="col"
Peak
position
Canada Country (Radio & Records)[2] 2

Year-end charts

Chart (2005)!scope="col"
Position
US Country Songs (Billboard)[3] 15

Notes and References

  1. Billboard, 4 December 2004, Vol. 116, No. 49, Page 29.
  2. Web site: Canada Country Top 30 . . 30 December 2019 . 47 . 11 February 2005.
  3. Best of 2005: Country Songs . . . 2005. 16 June 2012.