Cop Car (Keith Urban song)

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"Cop Car"
Single by Keith Urban
from the album Fuse
Released 13 January 2014 (2014-01-13)
Format Digital download
Genre Country pop
Length 4:16
Label
Writer(s)
Producer(s)
  • Zach Crowell[1]
  • Keith Urban
Keith Urban singles chronology
"We Were Us"
(2013)		 "Cop Car"
(2014)		 "Somewhere in My Car"
(2014)

"Cop Car" is a song written by Zach Crowell, Sam Hunt, and Matt Jenkins and recorded by Australian country music singer Keith Urban. It was released in January 2014 as the third international single and fourth overall from his eighth studio album, Fuse (2013).

Content

The song is a mid-tempo ballad about two young lovers who are arrested when trespassing together, and "f[a]ll in love in the back of a cop car".[2]

Critical reception

Joseph Hudak of Country Weekly gave the single a "B+", saying that "It's a clever concept, elevated to near greatness by its sheer originality." He praised Urban's "earnest" vocals, and said that "the production is slick and alive—though not necessarily squarely 'country'."[2] Kevin John Coyne of Country Universe gave it an identical rating, saying that he did not believe its storyline, but said that "Keith Urban’s heartfelt delivery and careful choice of what lines to emphasize keep the proceedings grounded. He’s so effective at capturing the feeling of falling in love that the specifics of the event surrounding the moment are appropriately secondary to the emotions at play."[3] Thom Jurek of AllMusic wrote that "The muted drum loop that fuels the shimmering 'Cop Car,' is layered in atmospherics worthy of Achtung Baby, but the melody is pure country."[4]

Personnel

Compiled from liner notes.[1]

Music video

The music video was directed by John Urbano and premiered in January 2014.[5]

Chart performance

"Cop Car" peaked at number 8 on the Country airplay chart in May 2014, making it his lowest peaking single on that chart since 1999. The song has sold 772,000 copies in the U.S. as of June 2014.[6]

Chart (2014) Peak
position
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[7] 38
Canada Country (Billboard)[8] 5
US Billboard Hot 100[9] 41
US Country Airplay (Billboard)[10] 8
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[11] 4

Year-end charts

Chart (2014) Position
US Country Airplay (Billboard)[12] 52
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[13] 27

Certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
United States (RIAA)[14] Platinum 1,000,000

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
xunspecified figures based on certification alone

Sam Hunt version

"Cop Car"
Song

Sam Hunt—who co-wrote the song originally—recorded his version of it on his debut studio album Montevallo, which was released on October 27, 2014.

Hunt explains that the reason he included the song on his album is because "After writing the songs on the record, it was like a movie, and "Cop Car" was a pivotal scene in that movie. Even though Keith Urban had recorded it, I felt it still had a place on the record."[15]

References

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  7. ↑ "Keith Urban – Chart history" Canadian Hot 100 for Keith Urban.
  8. ↑ "Keith Urban – Chart history" Billboard Canada Country for Keith Urban.
  9. ↑ "Keith Urban – Chart history" Billboard Hot 100 for Keith Urban.
  10. ↑ "Keith Urban – Chart history" Billboard Country Airplay for Keith Urban.
  11. ↑ "Keith Urban – Chart history" Billboard Hot Country Songs for Keith Urban.
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