Stupid Boy

"Stupid Boy" is a song that was written by Dave Berg, Deanna Bryant and Sarah Buxton. First recorded by Sarah Buxton, it was later recorded by Australian country music singer Keith Urban on his 2006 album Love, Pain & the Whole Crazy Thing, from which it was released as that album's second single in December 2006. A year after its release, the song won Urban a Grammy Award for Best Male Country Vocal Performance.

History

Urban told Billboard that he recorded "Stupid Boy" at the suggestion of his wife, actress Nicole Kidman.^[1] He also noted how the song's subject matter contrasted with the more up-tempo love song "Once in a Lifetime," the album's first single, saying that the two songs were "yin and yang."^[1] Sarah Buxton, who co-wrote the song, recorded a version before Urban did.^[1] This version was included on a 2007 extended play entitled Almost My Record as well as Buxton's 2010 self-titled album.

Critical reception

Tamara Conniff and Ray Waddell of Billboard described the song as "a ballad on how men foolishly break the hearts of the women they love."^[1] Associated Press reviewer Michael McCall called it "a funky, witty take on a guy who can't appreciate how good he has it."^[2]

In 2008, the song won Urban a Grammy Award for Best Male Country Vocal Performance.^[3]

Personnel

As listed in liner notes.^[4]

Tom Bukovac – rhythm guitar
Eric Darken – percussion
Dann Huff – rhythm guitar
Rami Jaffee – Hammond B-3 organ
Tim Lauer – pump organ, synthesizer
Chris McHugh – drums
Jimmie Lee Sloas – bass guitar
Keith Urban – lead guitar, acoustic guitar, all vocals

Chart performance

Urban's rendition reached number 3 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts.

Chart (2006–2007)	Peak position
US Billboard Hot 100^[5]	43
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)^[6]	3

Year-end charts

Chart (2007)	Position
US Country Songs (Billboard)^[7]	29

Awards (Keith Urban version)

This song, like it said in this article's introduction, became his second to win the Grammy Award for Best Male Country Vocal Performance in 2008, after his number one "You'll Think of Me" (from his 2002 album Golden Road) in 2006. The next ones of his do so are "Sweet Thing" in 2010 and "'Til Summer Comes Around" in 2011, which are both released as singles from his 2009 album Defying Gravity.

Preceded by The Reason Why by Vince Gill	Grammy Award for Best Male Country Vocal Performance 2008	Succeeded by Letter to Me by Brad Paisley

Cassadee Pope version

"Stupid Boy"
Single by Cassadee Pope
from the album The Complete Season 3 Collection
Released	10 December 2012 (2012-12-10)
Format	digital download
Recorded	2012
Genre	Country
Length	3:38
Label	Universal

Cassadee Pope performed this song on NBC's singing competition show, The Voice. Pope went on to win the competition, and her studio version of the song reached the top of the iTunes Top 10 Singles the day after the song was released.

Chart (2012)	Peak position
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)^[8]	28
US Billboard Hot 100^[9]	40
US Country Songs (Billboard)^[10]	4

Cover Versions

In 10/26/2015, Andi and Alex covered the song with the knockout premiere on Ninth Season on The Voice (U.S. TV series).

References

1 2 3 4 Coniff, Tamara; Ray Waddell (11 November 2006). "Urban Developments". Billboard: 32.
↑ McCall, Michael (3 November 2006). "Love, Pain & the Whole Crazy Thing review". Fox News. Retrieved 11 February 2010.
↑ Gilbert, Calvin (2008-02-11). "Vince Gill Wins Best Country Album Grammy". CMT. Retrieved 2009-05-16.
↑ Love, Pain & the Whole Crazy Thing (Media notes). Keith Urban. Capitol Records. 2006. 09463-77087-0-5.
↑ "Keith Urban – Chart history" Billboard Hot 100 for Keith Urban. Retrieved April 10, 2011.
↑ "Keith Urban – Chart history" Billboard Hot Country Songs for Keith Urban. Retrieved April 10, 2011.
↑ "Best of 2007: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 2007. Retrieved July 11, 2012.
↑ "Canadian Hot 100 Week of December 8, 2012". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved November 29, 2012.
↑ "The Billboard Hot 100 Week of December 29, 2012". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved 20 December 2012.
↑ "US Top Country Songs Week of December 8, 2012". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved 29 November 2012.

External links

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)

Sarah Buxton

Studio Albums	Sarah Buxton (2010)

Extended Plays	Almost My Record (2007)

Singles	"Outside My Window"

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