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Keith Urban Releases New Song 'John Cougar, John Deere, John 3:16'

06/10/2015
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(Radio.com) Keith Urban has been in the studio working on the followup to his last album, 2013's Fuse, and his first single off that release is a unique track called "John Cougar, John Deere, John 3:16," which he performed live for the first time in Nashville during the Country Radio Seminar in February.

The song, which name-drops John Wayne, Kris Kristofferson, John Cougar, Don McLean, Marilyn Monroe and many more, embodies a slowed, almost '70s funk vibe with distinct drum loops and several time changes as Urban slowly talks through most of the song.

At one point, screams are heard in the background as though Urban tracked the song live. 'It's a great feeling to be back in the studio shaping a new album," Urban said in a press release about the song. "'John Cougar, John Deere, John 3:16' was sent to me a few months ago by one of the songwriters and I loved it immediately--loved it so much that right before I walked out on stage at the Ryman (Auditorium) for CRS a few months back, I thought I'd play the song solo acoustic to see what the audience thought.

"Flash forward and there's no doubt that their response that day helped make it the first single from what will be my next album." Read more and check out the song here.

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