The Speed of Now Part 1

Studio album by

Released

18 September 2020

Genre

Length

49:37

Label

Hit Red
Capitol Nashville

Producer

Jeppe Bilsby
Captain Cuts
Cutfather
Dann Huff
Jaren Johnston
Zach Kale
Matthew Koma
Dan McCarroll
Joey Moi
Luke Niccoli
PhD
Jordan Schmidt
Sean Small
Sam Sumsor
Keith Urban
Eg White

Keith Urban chronology

Graffiti U
(2018)

The Speed of Now Part 1
(2020)

Singles from The Speed of Now Part 1

"We Were"
Released: 13 May 2019
"God Whispered Your Name"
Released: 2 March 2020
"Polaroid"
Released: 24 April 2020^[2]
"Superman"
Released: 17 July 2020^[3]
"Change Your Mind"
Released: 7 August 2020^[4]
"One Too Many"
Released: 28 September 2020
"Out the Cage"
Released: 23 April 2021^[5]

The Speed of Now Part 1 is the eleventh studio album by New Zealand-born Australian country music singer Keith Urban. The album was released on 18 September 2020 via Hit Red and Capitol Records Nashville.^[6]^[7]^[8]

The album won the Highest Selling Album at the 2021 Queensland Music Awards.^[9]^[10]

Track listing

*The Speed of Now Part 1* track listing
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producers	Length
1.	"Out the Cage" (featuring Breland and Nile Rodgers)	Keith Urban Sam Sumser Sean Small Daniel Breland	Urban Sumsor Small	3:09
2.	"One Too Many" (with Pink)	Peter Wallevik Cleo Tighe Boy Matthews Daniel Davidsen Mich Hansen	Urban Cutfather PhD Dan McCarroll	3:23
3.	"Live With"	Zach Kale Bobby Pinson Jon Nite	Urban Kale	3:18
4.	"Superman"	Urban Craig Wiseman Ben Berger Ryan Rabin Ryan McMahon	Urban Captain Cuts	2:50
5.	"Change Your Mind"	Matthew Koma Fransisca Hall	Urban Koma McCarroll	3:53
6.	"Forever"	Brent Cobb Jaren Johnston	Urban Dann Huff	4:07
7.	"Say Something"	Brandyn Burnette Urban Hansen Jeppe London Bilsby Celine Svanbäck Scott Quinn Lindy Robbins	Urban Bilsby Cutfather	2:57
8.	"Soul Food"	Urban Sumser Small Breland	Urban Sumsor Small	2:36
9.	"Ain't It Like a Woman"	Justin Ebach Johnston Jordan Schmidt	Urban Johnston Schmidt	3:16
10.	"With You"	Meg Mac Nate Cyphert Luke Niccoli	Urban McCarroll Niccoli	3:08
11.	"Tumbleweed"	Neil Mason James McNair Johnston	Urban Johnston	2:48
12.	"God Whispered Your Name"	James T. Slater Shy Carter Micah Carter Chris August	Urban McCarroll	3:52
13.	"Polaroid"	Steph Jones Sam Fischer Mark Trussell Griffen Palmer Geoff Warburton	Urban Joey Moi	2:31
14.	"Better Than I Am"	Urban Eg White	Urban White	4:31
15.	"We Were [Bonus Track]^[A]"	Jeff Hyde Ryan Tyndell Eric Church	Urban Huff	3:08
Total length:				49:37

Digital and streaming bonus track^[11]
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producers	Length
16.	"We Were" (featuring Eric Church)	Hyde Tyndell Church	Urban Huff	3:08
Total length:				52:45

Japanese CD bonus track^[12]
No.	Title	Length
16.	"Higher Love" (from Global Citizen's One World: Together at Home)	2:16
Total length:		51:52

Note

^ This track is listed as a bonus track on all physical editions of the album.

Personnel

Adapted from liner notes.^[13]

"Out the Cage"

Jamareo Artis – bass guitar
Breland – featured vocals, choir, background vocals
Jamie Muhoberac – keyboards
Nile Rodgers – electric guitar
Sean Small – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, keyboards, programming
Sam Sumsor – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, keyboards, programming
Keith Urban – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, ganjo, lead vocals

"One Too Many"

Nathan Barlowe – gang vocals, handclaps
Daniel Davidson – bass guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, keyboards, programming
Jerry Flowers – gang vocals, handclaps
Mich Hansen – percussion
Boy Matthews – background vocals
Pink – featured vocals
Cleo Tighe – background vocals
Keith Urban – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, lead vocals
Peter Wallevik – keyboards, piano, programming

"Live With"

Johnny Fung – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, programming
Evan Hutchings – drums
Zach Kale – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, keyboards, programming, background vocals
Jimmie Lee Sloas – bass guitar
Keith Urban – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, lead vocals, background vocals
Alex Wright – keyboards

"Superman"

Nathan Barlowe – keyboards
Ben Berger – bass guitar, keyboards, programming, background vocals
Nathan Chapman – bass guitar
Ryan McMahon – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, programming, background vocals
Ryan Rabin – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, programming, background vocals
Jerry Roe – drums
Keith Urban – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, keyboards, slide guitar, lead vocals

"Change Your Mind"

Matthew Koma – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, banjo, keyboards, drums, background vocals
Wendy Molvion – bass guitar
Keith Urban – electric guitar solo, lead vocals

"Forever"

Dave Cohen – Hammond B-3 organ
Dann Huff – electric guitar, percussion, programming
Jerry Roe – drums
Jimmie Lee Sloas – bass guitar
Russell Terrell – background vocals
Keith Urban – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, lead vocals, background vocals

"Say Something"

Jeppe Bilsby – keyboards, programming
Benni Christiansen – bass guitar
Oliver Cliwik – electric guitar
Mich Hansen – percussion
Scott Quinn – background vocals
Keith Urban – 12-string acoustic guitar, electric guitar, lead vocals, background vocals

"Soul Food"

Breland – background vocals
Jamie Muhoberac – keyboards
Jimmie Lee Sloas – bass guitar
Sean Small – keyboards, programming
Sam Sumsor – keyboards, programming
Keith Urban – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, lead vocals, background vocals

"Ain't It Like a Woman"

Evan Hutchings – drums
Jaren Johnston – background vocals
Jimmie Lee Sloas – bass guitar
Keith Urban – electric guitar, lead vocals, background vocals
Alex Wright – pedal steel guitar, piano

"With You"

Nathan Chapman – bass guitar
Nate Cyphert – background vocals
Luke Niccoli – electric guitar, keyboards, programming
Jerry Roe – drums, percussion
Keith Urban – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, ganjo, lead vocals, background vocals

"Tumbleweed"

Lewis Burns – didgeridoo
Nathan Chapman – bass guitar
Josh Ditty – programming
Jaren Johnston – electric guitar, percussion, programming, background vocals
Jamie Muhoberac – keyboards, synthesizer
Jerry Roe – drums, percussion
Keith Urban – electric guitar solo, ganjo, lead vocals, background vocals

"God Whispered Your Name"

Chris August – keyboards, Wurlitzer, background vocals
Matt Chamberlain – drums, percussion
Jamie Muhoberac – synthesizer
Pino Palladino – bass guitar
Benmont Tench – Hammond B-3 organ, piano, Wurlitzer
Keith Urban – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, lead vocals, background vocals

"Polaroid"

Nathan Chapman – bass guitar
Dave Cohen – keyboards
Joey Moi – programming
Jerry Roe – drums, percussion
Ilya Toshinsky – acoustic guitar
Mark Trussell – programming
Keith Urban – banjo, electric guitar, all vocals

"Better Than I Am"

Keith Urban – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, all vocals
Eg White – bass guitar, keyboards, piano, drums, programming

"We Were"

Eric Church – duet vocals (track 16 version)
Dave Cohen – keyboards, synthesizer
Dann Huff – electric guitar
Charlie Judge – synthesizer
Jerry Roe – drums, percussion
Jimmie Lee Sloas – bass guitar
Russell Terrell – background vocals
Keith Urban – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, banjo, lead vocals, background vocals

Technical

Rochel Trlivieng – art director, design
Kera Jackson – art producer
Ally Gecewicz – assistant, editing
Spencer Clarke – assistant, engineer
Nicolas Weilmann – assistant, engineer
Drew Bollman – assistant
Brendan Dekora – assistant
Michelle Freetly – assistant
Zach Kuhlman – assistant
Kam Luchterhand – assistant
Matt Wolach – assistant
Mark Dobson – digital editing, engineer
Scott Cooke – editing
Eiving Nordland – editing
Chris Small – editing
John Hanes – engineer, mixing
Captain Cuts – engineer, producer
Josh Ditty – engineer
Jeff Balding – engineer
Joe Baldridge – engineer
Ed Cherney – engineer
Russel Graham – engineer
Elthon Mendoza – engineer
Marco Sonzini – engineer
Tremaine "Six7" Williams – engineer
Dan McCarroll – executive producer, producer
Randy Merrill – mastering
Joey Moi – mixing, producer
Rich Costey – mixing
Serban Ghenea – mixing
Justin Nielbank – mixing
Mark "Spike" Stent – mixing
Spike Stent – mixing
Russ Harrington – photography
Scott Johnson – production coordination

Charts

Weekly charts[edit]

Chart performance for *The Speed of Now Part 1*
Chart (2020)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)^[14]	1
Australian Country Albums (ARIA)^[15]	1
Canadian Albums (Billboard)^[16]	5
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)^[17]	56
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)^[18]	27
Scottish Albums (OCC)^[19]	5
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)^[20]	37
UK Albums (OCC)^[21]	24
US Billboard 200^[22]	7
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)^[23]	1

Year-end charts[edit]

2020 year-end chart performance for *The Speed of Now Part 1*
Chart (2020)	Position
Australian Albums (ARIA)^[24]	45
Australian Country Albums (ARIA)^[25]	3
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)^[26]	64

2021 year-end chart performance for *The Speed of Now Part 1*
Chart (2021)	Position
Australian Country Albums (ARIA)^[27]	7
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)^[28]	62

2022 year-end chart performance for *The Speed of Now Part 1*
Chart (2022)	Position
Australian Country Albums (ARIA)^[29]	23

Certifications and sales


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)^[30]	Gold	35,000^‡
Canada (Music Canada)^[31]	Gold	40,000^‡
^‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Country	Date	Format	Label	Ref.
Various	September 18, 2020	Digital download	Hit Red Records Capitol Records Nashville	^[32]
		Streaming
		Compact disc

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Discography
Studio albums	Keith Urban (1999) Golden Road (2002) Be Here (2004) Love, Pain & the Whole Crazy Thing (2006) Defying Gravity (2009) Get Closer (2010) Fuse (2013) Ripcord (2016) Graffiti U (2018) The Speed of Now Part 1 (2020)
Compilation albums	Days Go By (2005) Greatest Hits: 18 Kids (2007) iTunes Originals (2009) The Story So Far (2012)
Other albums	Keith Urban (1991) In The Ranch (1997/2004)
Concert tours	Verizon VIP Tour (2009) Get Closer 2011 World Tour (2011) Light the Fuse Tour (2013–14) Raise 'Em Up Tour (2014) Ripcord World Tour (2016) The Speed of Now World Tour (2022)
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