You Look Good in My Shirt

"You Look Good in My Shirt" is a song, written by Mark Nesler, Tom Shapiro, and Tony Martin, and recorded by Australian country music artist Keith Urban for his 2002 album Golden Road. The original version charted at number 60 on the country charts in 2004 based on unsolicited airplay, while a re-recorded version of the song (which was included on a re-issue of Urban's 2007 Greatest Hits: 18 Kids album) was issued as a single in June 2008. For the chart week of September 6, 2008, it has become Urban's eighth Number One song and his first Number One since "Better Life" reached Number One in late 2005.

Content

The song is an up-tempo based on electric guitar riffs. Its lyrics tell of a male and female who had previously broken up, but reunited the night before, as stated in the last half of the first verse. The chorus takes place the morning after their reunion, where the male character then sees that the female is wearing nothing but his shirt, and although he is uncertain about their relationship, he likes how she looks.

Reception

Ben Cisneros of Engine 145 gave the song a "thumbs up" rating. His review made note of the "70's guitar fills" and the simple song structure, which "kept the cuteness in this one from crossing over from enjoyable into insufferable territory".^[1]

History

Initially, "You Look Good in My Shirt" was planned to have been the fifth single from Urban's 2002 album Golden Road. However, it was withdrawn and replaced with "Days Go By", the first single from his next album 2004's Be Here. Although the song had been withdrawn before it could be promoted as a single, the version from Golden Road received enough airplay to chart at #60 on the Billboard country charts.^[1]^[2]

In June 2008, Urban re-recorded the song and officially released the new version as a single.^[3] According to Urban, his intention in the re-recording was to "bring all of the live energy" to it, since the song had become a regular feature of his concerts and had gained popularity among fans.^[3] The newly recorded rendition debuted on the Hot Country Songs chart at #42 for the week of June 14, 2008. On the chart dated for September 6, 2008, the song became Urban's eighth Number One song on the Hot Country Songs chart. In addition to its inclusion on the live DVD, the newly recorded version of "You Look Good in My Shirt" was included on a re-issue of Urban's Greatest Hits: 18 Kids album, which was re-titled Greatest Hits: 19 Kids to indicate the addition of a new track.^[4]

Music video

The music video was recorded live at Rupp Arena in Lexington, Kentucky. It was directed by Chris Hicky.

Chart performance

The initial version of "You Look Good in My Shirt" spent one week at #60 on the Billboard country charts. The 2008 re-recording reached Number One on the country charts on the chart week of September 6, 2008, giving Urban his first Billboard Number One since "Better Life" three years previous.

Golden Road version

Chart (2004)	Peak position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)^[5]	60

2008 re-recording

Chart (2008)	Peak position
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)^[6]	54
US Billboard Hot 100^[7]	44
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)^[5]	1

Year-end charts

Chart (2008)	Position
US Country Songs (Billboard)^[8]	17

Preceded by "Should've Said No" by Taylor Swift	Billboard Hot Country Songs number-one single September 6, 2008	Succeeded by "Do You Believe Me Now" by Jimmy Wayne

References

1 2 Cisneros, Ben (2008-06-02). "Keith Urban - "You Look Good in My Shirt"". Engine 145. Retrieved 2008-07-15.
↑ Seif, Whitney (2008-11-04). "Keith Urban and Songwriters Celebrate Their Latest No. 1 Single". CMT. Retrieved 2009-01-30.
1 2 "The Scoop: Keith Puts His "Shirt" Back On". Country Weekly. 15 (13): 8. 2008-06-30. ISSN 1074-3235.
↑ Keith Urban Adds New "Shirt" to Greatest Hits
1 2 "Keith Urban – Chart history" Billboard Hot Country Songs for Keith Urban. Retrieved April 10, 2011.
↑ "Keith Urban – Chart history" Canadian Hot 100 for Keith Urban. Retrieved April 10, 2011.
↑ "Keith Urban – Chart history" Billboard Hot 100 for Keith Urban. Retrieved April 10, 2011.
↑ "Best of 2008: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 2008. Retrieved December 13, 2008.

External links

Lyrics at CMT.com
Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

Keith Urban singles

Keith Urban (1991)	"Only You" "I Never Work on a Sunday" "Arms of Mary" "The River"

Keith Urban (1999)	"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"

Act of Valor: The Album	"For You"

Fuse	"Little Bit of Everything" "Shame" "We Were Us" (with Miranda Lambert) "Cop Car" "Somewhere in My Car" "Raise 'Em Up" (with Eric Church)

Ripcord	"John Cougar, John Deere, John 3:16" "Break on Me" "Wasted Time" "Blue Ain't Your Color"

Guest singles	"America the Beautiful" "The Twelfth of Never" (with Dolly Parton) "Funky Tonight" (with The John Butler Trio) "In God's Hands" (with Nelly Furtado) "Start a Band" (with Brad Paisley) "Blue Sky" (with Emily West) "Lean on Me" (with Sheryl Crow and Kid Rock)

Related articles	"Highway Don't Care" (with Tim McGraw and Taylor Swift)

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