Long Hot Summer (Keith Urban song)

2011 single by Keith Urban

"Long Hot Summer"

Single by Keith Urban
from the album  Get Closer
Released| 27 June 2011
Recorded| 2010
Genre| Country,Country rock
Length| 4:33 (album version)
3:52 (radio version)
Label| Capitol Nashville
Songwriter(s)| Richard Marx
Keith Urban
Producer(s)| Dann Huff
Keith Urban
Keith Urban singles chronology
| "Without You"
(2011)  | "Long Hot Summer"
(2011)  | "You Gonna Fly"
(2011)

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"Long Hot Summer" is a song co-written and recorded by Australian country music artist Keith Urban. It was released in June 2011 as the third single from his 2010 album Get Closer.[1] They reached number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart for the week of 22 October 2011.[2] Urban wrote this song with Richard Marx.

## Critical reception

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Nate Chinen of The New York Times wrote that the song was "one of the friskier tunes" on the album.[3] Dan Milliken of Country Universe gave the song a B grade, saying that it is the "closest he’s come in two albums to capturing his old uptempo spark." Coyne states the song could function as a "prequel to the melancholy, ''Til Summer Comes Around'".[4] Billy Dukes of Taste of Country gave the song four and a half stars out of five, saying that the only criticism is the "early guitar work that runs beneath the song’s first verse" and that "only the grouchiest of grouchies can frown on."[5]

## Music video

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The music video was directed by Trey Fanjoy and premiered on 16 August 2011 on CMT.[6] It featured Summer Glau as the female lead.

## Charts

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### Weekly charts

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Weekly chart performance for "Long Hot Summer"  Chart (2011)  | Peak
position

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Australia (ARIA)[7] | 82
Canada Country (Billboard)[8] | 1
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[9] | 35
US Billboard Hot 100[10] | 45
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[11] | 1

### Year-end charts

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Year-end chart performance for "Long Hot Summer"  Chart (2011)  | Position

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US Country Songs (Billboard)[12] | 22

## Certifications

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Region  | Certification | Certified units/sales

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Australia (ARIA)[13] | Platinum  | 70,000‡
United States (RIAA)[14] | Platinum  | 1,000,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

## References

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1. ^ "Future Releases for Country Radio Stations". All Access. Retrieved 16 August 2011.
2. ^ "Chart Listings for "Long Hot Summer" - Keith Urban". Billboard. Retrieved 16 August 2011.
3. ^ Chinen, Nate (22 November 2010), "CDs from Ne-Yo, Lloyd Banks and Keith Urban - Review - NYTimes.com", The New York Times, retrieved 11 December 2010
4. ^ Milliken, Dan (17 August 2011). "Single Review: Keith Urban - Long Hot Summer". Country Universe. Retrieved 10 October 2011.
5. ^ Dukes, Billy (15 June 2011). "Keith Urban — 'Long Hot Summer' Single Review". Taste of Country. Retrieved 10 October 2011.
6. ^ "Keith Urban - "Long Hot Summer"". Archived from the original on 24 September 2011. Retrieved 16 August 2011.
7. ^ "The ARIA Report (Issue #1081)" (PDF). ARIA / PANDORA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 November 2010. Retrieved 5 May 2015.
8. ^ "Keith Urban Chart History (Canada Country)". Billboard. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
9. ^ "Keith Urban Chart History (Canadian Hot 100)". Billboard.
10. ^ "Keith Urban Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
11. ^ "Keith Urban Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
12. ^ "Best of 2011: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 2011. Retrieved 10 December 2011.
13. ^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2024 Singles" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 30 June 2024.
14. ^ "American single certifications – Keith Urban – Long Hot Summer". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 24 August 2019.

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Keith Urban singles

Discography

Keith Urban|

* "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"

Fuse|

* "Little Bit of Everything"
* "Shame"
* "We Were Us"
* "Cop Car"
* "Somewhere in My Car"
* "Raise 'Em Up"

Ripcord|

* "John Cougar, John Deere, John 3:16"
* "Break on Me"
* "Wasted Time"
* "Blue Ain't Your Color"
* "The Fighter"

Graffiti U|

* "Female"
* "Parallel Line"
* "Coming Home"
* "Never Comin Down"

The Speed of Now Part 1|

* "We Were"
* "God Whispered Your Name"
* "Polaroid"
* "Superman"
* "Change Your Mind"
* "One Too Many"

High|

* "Straight Line"
* "Messed Up as Me"
* "Go Home W U"

Collaborative songs|

* "America the Beautiful"
* "The Twelfth of Never"
* "Funky Tonight"
* "In God's Hands"
* "Start a Band"
* "Lean on Me"
* "Highway Don't Care"
* "Be a Light"
* "Forever Country"
* "Love Songs Ain't for Us"
* "Throw It Back"
* "That's When"

Other songs|

* "Arms of Mary"
* "For You"
* "Wild Hearts"
* "Nightfalls"
* "Brown Eyes Baby"
* "Street Called Main"

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