Greatest Hits: 18 Kids
Album by Keith Urban
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Greatest Hits: 18 Kids (known as Greatest Hits: 19 Kids on the reissue) is a greatest hits album by Keith Urban, released on 20 November 2007 by Capitol Nashville.[3] It contains 16 of Urban's hits as well as two new songs. Two versions of the album were released: a regular edition and a special edition; the second disc includes 12 music videos.[4] Both versions use the radio edits of Urban's songs, except for "Stupid Boy", "Better Life", and "Somebody Like You". Also included is a cover of Steve Forbert's 1980 single "Romeo's Tune" and a re-recording of the non-single "Got It Right This Time", from his 2006 album Love, Pain & the Whole Crazy Thing.
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| Released | 20 November 2007 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
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| Label | Capitol Nashville | |||
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| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Slant Magazine |  [2] |
The album debuted at number 11 on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart, selling at least 117,000 copies in its first week.[5] It received a Gold certification from both the RIAA and CRIA. It has sold 1,208,700 copies in the U.S. as of April 2017.[6]
Re-issue
The album was re-released as Greatest Hits: 19 Kids on 19 August 2008 to include a newly recorded version of "You Look Good in My Shirt".[7] This song was originally recorded on his 2002 album Golden Road, and the newly recorded version was issued as a single in June 2008.
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Album | Length |
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| 1. | "Romeo's Tune" | Steve Forbert | previously unreleased | 3:47 |
| 2. | "Got It Right This Time (The Celebration)" | Keith Urban | previously unreleased | 4:44 |
| 3. | "I Told You So" (radio edit) | Urban | Love, Pain & the Whole Crazy Thing | 4:02 |
| 4. | "Stupid Boy" |
| Love, Pain & the Whole Crazy Thing | 6:21 |
| 5. | "Better Life" |
| Be Here | 4:43 |
| 6. | "Making Memories of Us" (radio edit) | Rodney Crowell | Be Here | 3:56 |
| 7. | "Once in a Lifetime" (radio edit) |
| Love, Pain & the Whole Crazy Thing | 4:11 |
| 8. | "Tonight I Wanna Cry" |
| Be Here | 4:19 |
| 9. | "You're My Better Half" (radio edit) |
| Be Here | 3:59 |
| 10. | "Days Go By" |
| Be Here | 3:49 |
| 11. | "But for the Grace of God" (radio edit) | Keith Urban | 3:44 | |
| 12. | "You'll Think of Me" (single version) |
| Golden Road | 3:51 |
| 13. | "Who Wouldn't Wanna Be Me" (single version) |
| Golden Road | 3:41 |
| 14. | "Raining on Sunday" (radio edit) |
| Golden Road | 3:54 |
| 15. | "Where the Blacktop Ends" (radio edit) | Keith Urban | 3:06 | |
| 16. | "Your Everything" (radio edit) | Keith Urban | 3:59 | |
| 17. | "Somebody Like You" |
| Golden Road | 5:23 |
| 18. | "Everybody" (radio edit) |
| Love, Pain & the Whole Crazy Thing | 3:57 |
| Total length: | 75:21 | |||
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 19. | "You Look Good in My Shirt" | 3:55 | |
| Total length: | 79:21 | ||
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "I Told You So" | 4:26 |
| 2. | "Stupid Boy" | 6:14 |
| 3. | "Once in a Lifetime" | 4:26 |
| 4. | "Tonight I Wanna Cry" | 4:18 |
| 5. | "Better Life" | 5:11 |
| 6. | "Making Memories of Us" | 4:05 |
| 7. | "You're My Better Half" | 4:11 |
| 8. | "Days Go By" | 3:48 |
| 9. | "You'll Think of Me" | 4:49 |
| 10. | "Who Wouldn't Wanna Be Me" | 4:41 |
| 11. | "Raining on Sunday" | 4:44 |
| 12. | "Somebody Like You" | 4:00 |
Personnel
"Romeo's Tune"
- Tom Bukovac – electric guitar
- Perry Coleman – background vocals
- Jerry Flowers – background vocals
- Dann Huff – acoustic guitar
- Charlie Judge – keyboards
- Chris McHugh – drums
- Steve Nathan – piano, Hammond B-3 organ
- Jimmie Lee Sloas – bass guitar
- Keith Urban – lead vocals, background vocals, electric guitar, ganjo
"Got It Right This Time (The Celebration)"
- Tom Bukovac – electric guitar
- Jerry Flowers – background vocals
- Dann Huff – electric guitar, background vocals
- Charlie Judge – keyboards
- Chris McHugh – drums
- Steve Nathan – Hammond B-3 organ
- Jimmie Lee Sloas – bass guitar
- Keith Urban – Fender Rhodes, piano, electric guitar, slide guitar solo, lead vocals, background vocals
"You Look Good in My Shirt"
- Dann Huff – electric guitar
- Charlie Judge – keyboards
- Chris McHugh – drums
- Jimmie Lee Sloas – bass guitar
- Russell Terrell – background vocals
- Keith Urban – electric guitar, lead vocals, background vocals
Chart performance
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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Singles
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | ||
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| US Country | US | CAN | ||
| 2008 | "You Look Good in My Shirt" | 1 | 44 | 54 |
Certifications
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| Australia (ARIA)[16] | 3× Platinum | 210,000‡ |
| Canada (Music Canada)[17] | Platinum | 100,000^ |
| United Kingdom (BPI)[18] | Silver | 60,000‡ |
| United States (RIAA)[19] | Platinum | 1,208,700[6] |
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^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. | ||