I Told You So (Keith Urban song)

"I Told You So"
Single by Keith Urban
from the album Love, Pain & the Whole Crazy Thing
Released May 8, 2007
Format CD single, digital download
Recorded 2006
Genre Country
Length 4:27 (album version)
4:02 (radio edit)
Label Capitol Nashville
Writer(s) Keith Urban
Producer(s) Dann Huff, Keith Urban
Keith Urban singles chronology
"Stupid Boy"
(2006)
"I Told You So"
(2007)
"Everybody"
(2007)

"I Told You So" is a song written and recorded by Australian country music artist Keith Urban. It was released in May 2007 as the third single from his album Love, Pain & the Whole Crazy Thing. This song is used in the Rock Band Country Track Pack.

Content

The song talks about a man who has just met a lover with whom he recently split up. Upon encountering her, he begs for her to return, provided that she doesn't apologize for her actions ("Please, just come back home / No, don't say that you're sorry / And I won't say 'I told you so'.").

"I Told You So" features a Celtic influence,[1][2][3] in part due to the use of Uilleann pipes. Snare drums are also used heavily throughout, most notably between the second chorus and bridge. According to the album's liner notes, Urban plays several instruments on the song, including electric guitar, acoustic guitar, ganjo, bouzouki, mandolin, and percussion. He also sings all of the vocals.

The radio edit features a shortened bridge, as well as a slightly truncated outro.

Critical Reception

Kevin John Coyne of Country Universe gave the song an "A", saying that Keith Urban "loves his most recent album because he expands on his basic signature sound" and that it "doesn't hurt that the material is stronger" although the instrumental bridge is "like nothing [he's] ever heard before, on a country record or otherwise."[4]

Personnel

As listed in liner notes.[5]

Chart performance

"I Told You So" entered the U. S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart at #53 on the chart week of April 28, 2007. It debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 at #94.

Chart (2007) Peak
position
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[6] 56
US Billboard Hot 100[7] 48
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[8] 2

Year-end charts

Chart (2007) Position
US Country Songs (Billboard)[9] 22

References

  1. Keith Urban releases new single
  2. Billboard.com - Discography - Keith Urban - Love, Pain, & the whole crazy thing
  3. CMT Insider - Keith Urban
  4. Coyne, Kevin John (2007-04-23). "Review: Keith Urban, "I Told You So"". Country Universe.
  5. Love, Pain & the Whole Crazy Thing (Media notes). Keith Urban. Capitol Records. 2006. 09463-77087-0-5.
  6. "Keith Urban – Chart history" Canadian Hot 100 for Keith Urban. Retrieved April 10, 2011.
  7. "Keith Urban – Chart history" Billboard Hot 100 for Keith Urban. Retrieved April 10, 2011.
  8. "Keith Urban – Chart history" Billboard Hot Country Songs for Keith Urban. Retrieved April 10, 2011.
  9. "Best of 2007: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 2007. Retrieved July 11, 2012.

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