Keith Urban and Lainey Wilson Sing About Late-Night Small-Town Revelry on ‘Go Home W U’
Keith Urban takes Lainey Wilson partying in a small town on “Go Home W U,” the latest single from Urban’s upcoming new album.
The upbeat track is an ode to weekend drinking and late-night revelry, with the two country stars trading verses about how the night should end.
“I wrote ‘Go Home W U’ in 2020 with Breland, Sam [Sumser] and Sean [Small],” Urban said of the track in a statement. “We had a blast writing it. It started out as a late-night drum loop, I grabbed a bass guitar and started playing a simple recurring bass line. Before we knew it, we were writing a chorus that could be sung by any drunk person in any bar anywhere in the world.”
Urban added, “A friend of mine suggested the idea of making the song a duet and I immediately thought of Lainey. Besides the fact that I love her voice, she’s got the swagger and attitude that fit so well with the song.”
On the track, Urban sings, “I got some Titanic friends / Yeah, we all get wrecked / Order anything we want from the bottom shelf / Livin’ large in a small-town bar.”
“Keith has been someone in the industry I’ve taken notes from for a while now,” Wilson said in a statement. “From watching him at CMA Fest every year growing up to hearing the way he treats people up and down Music Row, he has taught me a lot. He’s a genuine supporter of mine and I am honored I get to continue to learn from one of the best.”
Urban previously previewed his new album — his first in four years — with the singles “Straight Line” and “Messed Up As Me.” Wilson most recently released her new song “Country’s Cool Again” in February shortly after winning the Best Country Album Grammy.