Go Home W U

"Go Home W U"
Single by Keith Urban featuring Lainey Wilson
from the album High
ReleasedMay 3, 2024 (2024-05-03)
Genre
Length3:47
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Keith Urban
  • Sam Sumser
  • Sean Small
Keith Urban singles chronology
"Messed Up as Me"
(2024) 		"Go Home W U"
(2024) 		"Wildside"
(2024)
Lainey Wilson singles chronology
"Wildflowers and Wild Horses"
(2023) 		"Go Home W U"
(2020) 		"Hang Tight Honey"
(2024)
Music video
"Go Home W U" on YouTube

"Go Home W U" is a song recorded by New Zealand-born Australian-American country artist Keith Urban featuring American country artist Lainey Wilson.[1] Urban wrote the song with Breland, Sam Sumser, and Sean Small, and he co-produced it with the latter two.[2] It is the third single to Australian radio from Urban's twelfth studio album High.[3][4]

Background

Urban wrote "Go Home W U" with his three co-writers in 2020.[5][6] He stated that the song started as a "late night drum loop," before he began playing the bass guitar and started playing a riff.[7] Shortly thereafter, the four men wrote the chorus, and then the remainder of the song. Urban remarked that the song was not initially meant to be a duet, but when a friend suggested the idea, he thought that Lainey Wilson worked well with the "swagger and attitude" of it.[8] Wilson called Urban "one of the best" and said that recording a song with him was a "notch on my belt I am very proud of".[9][10]

Music video

The official music video for "Go Home W U" premiered on YouTube on May 3, 2024.[11] The video includes footage from Urban and Wilson's live debut of the track from the stage of Nissan Stadium at the 2024 CMA Music Festival in Nashville, Tennessee.[12]

Credits

Adapted from AllMusic.[13]

  • Breland – background vocals, composition
  • Jesse Brock – assistant engineering
  • Joe Causey – mastering engineer
  • Rose Hutcheson – production coordination
  • Scott Johnson – production coordination
  • Jase Keithley – assistant engineering
  • Joel McKenney – assistant engineering
  • Scott Moffitt – engineering, mixing, recording
  • Jerry Roe – drums
  • Sean Small – background vocals, composition, engineering, production, programming
  • Sam Sumser – background vocals, composition, engineering, production, programming
  • Keith Urban – background vocals, bass guitar, composition, electric guitar, production, lead vocals
  • Lainey Wilson – lead vocals

Charts

Chart performance for "Go Home W U"
Chart (2024) Peak
position
Australia Country Hot 50 (The Music)[14] 1
Canada Digital Songs (Billboard)[15] 21
US Country Digital Songs (Billboard)[16] 7

References

  1. ^ Edwards, Clayton (May 2, 2024). "Keith Urban Reveals the Text Conversation That Convinced Lainey Wilson To Join Him for "Go Home W U"". American Songwriter. Retrieved October 19, 2024.
  2. ^ "Go Home W U (with Lainey Wilson) - Single by Keith Urban". Hit Red Records, under exclusive license to UMG Recordings, Inc. May 3, 2024. Retrieved September 23, 2024 – via Spotify.
  3. ^ "KEITH URBAN RELEASES NEW SONG "GO HOME W U" WITH LAINEY WILSON". Universal Music Canada. May 3, 2024. Retrieved October 19, 2024.
  4. ^ Varvaris, Mary (May 4, 2024). "Keith Urban & Lainey Wilson Drop New Collab 'Go Home W U'". Countrytown. Retrieved October 19, 2024.
  5. ^ Routledge, Megan (7 May 2024). "Keith Urban Releases New Song 'GO HOME W U' With Lainey Wilson". The Sound Cafe. Retrieved October 2, 2024.
  6. ^ "Keith Urban and Lainey Wilson Debut New Video for "Go Home W U" Out TODAY". UMG Nashville. August 15, 2024. Retrieved October 19, 2024.
  7. ^ Kreps, Daniel (May 3, 2024). "Keith Urban and Lainey Wilson Sing About Late-Night Small-Town Revelry on 'Go Home W U'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved October 2, 2024.
  8. ^ Dowling, Marcus K. (May 3, 2024). "Why Keith Urban tapped Lainey Wilson to pair up for new song 'GO HOME W U'". The Tennessean. Retrieved October 19, 2024.
  9. ^ "Keith Urban Teams Up With Lainey Wilson On 'Go Home W U'". RTT News. May 6, 2024. Retrieved October 19, 2024.
  10. ^ "Keith Urban teams up with Lainey Wilson for the song 'GO HOME W U'". KTTN. May 22, 2024. Retrieved October 19, 2024.
  11. ^ "Keith Urban, Lainey Wilson - GO HOME W U (WITH LAINEY WILSON) (Official Music Video)" (video). May 3, 2024. Retrieved October 19, 2024 – via YouTube.
  12. ^ O'Connell, Madeleine (August 16, 2024). "Keith Urban Drops 'Go Home W U' Music Video Featuring Lainey Wilson". Country Now. Retrieved October 19, 2024.
  13. ^ "GO HOME W U - Keith Urban, Lainey Wilson - Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved October 20, 2024.
  14. ^ "Countrytown Hot 50 – 2024, Week 41". Countrytown. Retrieved October 19, 2024.
  15. ^ "Keith Urban Chart History (Hot Canadian Digital Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved September 23, 2024.
  16. ^ "Keith Urban Chart History (Country Digital Song Sales)". Billboard. Retrieved September 23, 2024.