Blue Ai n't Your Color - wikipedia Blue Ai n't Your Color `` Blue Ai n't Your Color '' Single by Keith Urban from the album Ripcord Released 8 August 2016 ( 2016 - 08 - 08 ) Format Digital download Recorded 2016 Genre Country blues country pop Length 3 : 50 Label Hit Red Capitol Nashville Songwriter ( s ) Steven Lee Olsen Hillary Lindsey Clint Lagerberg Producer ( s ) Dann Huff Keith Urban Keith Urban singles chronology `` Wasted Time '' ( 2016 ) `` Blue Ai n't Your Color '' ( 2016 ) `` The Fighter '' ( 2017 ) `` Wasted Time '' ( 2016 ) `` Blue Ai n't Your Color '' ( 2016 ) `` The Fighter '' ( 2017 ) `` Blue Ai n't Your Color '' is a song recorded by New Zealand - born Australian country music singer Keith Urban and written by Steven Lee Olsen, Hillary Lindsey and Clint Lagerberg. It was released on 8 August 2016 as the fourth single from his ninth studio album, Ripcord, through Hit Red and Capitol Nashville. The song was produced by Dann Huff. The song became a big commercial and chart success. In the US, it topped the Hot Country Songs chart for twelve straight weeks and also reached number 24 on the US Billboard Hot 100. It also reached number one on the Country Airplay chart. The song was nominated for two Grammy Awards at the 59th Grammy Awards -- Best Country Solo Performance for Urban and Best Country Song for its songwriters. Contents 1 Content 2 Commercial performance 3 Music video 4 Charts and certifications 4.1 Weekly charts 4.2 Certifications 5 References Content The song is about a male observing a lonely woman at a bar who is dissatisfied in her current relationship. The song is in the key of G major and a 12 / 8 time signature, with a main chord pattern of G -- Am -- C -- D -- G. Commercial Performance In the US, `` Blue Ai n't Your Color '' reached number one on the Country Airplay chart and number one on the Hot Country Songs chart, and remained there for twelve consecutive weeks at that spot until it was knocked off by `` Better Man '', performed by Little Big Town. The song debuted at number 73 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and has reached number 24. It became Urban 's nineteenth top 40 hit on the US Billboard Hot 100, seventh top 30 hit and first top 30 hit since `` We Were Us '' in 2013. In June 2017, the song reached a million copies in sales, and has sold 1,092,000 copies in the US as of September 2017. Music video The music video was directed by Carter Smith and premiered in September 2016. It shows Urban singing on the stage while a woman comes into the bar crying and playing the jukebox and dancing to the song. Charts and certifications Weekly charts Chart ( 2016 -- 17 ) Peak position Canada ( Canadian Hot 100 ) 40 Canada Country ( Billboard ) US Billboard Hot 100 24 US Adult Contemporary ( Billboard ) 14 US Country Airplay ( Billboard ) US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) Certifications Region Certification Certified units / Sales Canada ( Music Canada ) Platinum 80,000 United States ( RIAA ) 2 × Platinum 1,092,000 sales figures based on certification alone shipments figures based on certification alone sales + streaming figures based on certification alone References Jump up ^ `` Keith Urban 's `` Blue Ai n't Your Color '' Remains # 1 On Hot Country Songs ; Little Big Town 's `` Better Man '' Top 5 ``. Headline Planet. 13 December 2016. Jump up ^ `` ' Blue Ai n't Your Color ' sheet music ''. musicnotes.com. Retrieved 27 November 2016. Jump up ^ `` Keith Urban 's `` Blue Ai n't Your Color '' Reaches # 1 On Hot Country Songs ``. Headline Planet. 7 November 2016. Jump up ^ `` Keith Urban -- Chart history -- Billboard ''. Jump up ^ Bjorke, Matt ( June 11, 2017 ). `` Top 30 Digital Country Singles Sales Chart : July 11, 2017 ''. Roughstock. ^ Jump up to : Bjorke, Matt ( September 5, 2017 ). `` Top 30 Digital Country Singles Sales Chart : September 5, 2017 ''. Roughstock. Jump up ^ `` CMT : Videos : Keith Urban : Blue Ai n't Your Color ''. Country Music Television. Retrieved 16 September 2016. Jump up ^ `` Keith Urban -- Chart history '' Canadian Hot 100 for Keith Urban. Retrieved November 15, 2016. Jump up ^ `` Keith Urban -- Chart history '' Billboard Canada Country for Keith Urban. Retrieved November 29, 2016. Jump up ^ `` Keith Urban -- Chart history '' Billboard Hot 100 for Keith Urban. Retrieved November 22, 2016. Jump up ^ `` Keith Urban -- Chart history '' Billboard Adult Contemporary for Keith Urban. Retrieved May 13, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Keith Urban -- Chart history '' Billboard Country Airplay for Keith Urban. Retrieved January 3, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Keith Urban -- Chart history '' Billboard Hot Country Songs for Keith Urban. Retrieved November 7, 2016. Jump up ^ `` Canadian single certifications -- Keith Urban -- Blue Ai n't Your Color ''. Music Canada. Retrieved May 17, 2017. Jump up ^ `` American single certifications -- Keith Urban -- Blue Ai n't Your Color ''. Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved March 2, 2017. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Single, then click SEARCH Preceded by `` Setting the World on Fire '' by Kenny Chesney featuring Pink Billboard Hot Country Songs number - one single November 19, 2016 -- February 4, 2017 Succeeded by `` Better Man '' by Little Big Town Preceded by `` May We All '' by Florida Georgia Line featuring Tim McGraw Billboard Canada Country number - one single December 10 -- 24, 2016 Succeeded by `` Dirty Laundry '' by Carrie Underwood Preceded by `` Wanna Be That Song '' by Brett Eldredge Billboard Country Airplay number - one single January 14 -- 21, 2017 Succeeded by `` A Guy with a Girl '' by Blake Shelton 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 Would n'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 Ai n't Your Color '' `` The Fighter '' ( with Carrie Underwood ) 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 Do n't Care '' ( with Tim McGraw and Taylor Swift ) Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Blue_Ain%27t_Your_Color&oldid=799504140 '' Categories : 2016 songs 2016 singles Keith Urban songs Capitol Records Nashville singles Songs written by Hillary Lindsey Song recordings produced by Dann Huff Billboard Hot Country Songs number - one singles Country ballads Songs written by Steven Lee Olsen Hidden categories : Articles with hAudio microformats Singlechart usages for Billboardcanadianhot100 Singlechart called without song Singlechart usages for Billboardcanadacountry Singlechart usages for Billboardhot100 Singlechart usages for Billboardadultcontemporary Singlechart usages for Billboardcountryairplay Singlechart usages for Billboardcountrysongs Certification Table Entry usages for Canada Certification Table Entry usages for United States Talk Contents About Wikipedia Italiano Русский Edit links This page was last edited on 8 September 2017, at 03 : 16. 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Question: when did blue aint your color come out
Answer: 8 August 2016