But for the Grace of God - Wikipedia But for the Grace of God `` But for the Grace of God '' Single by Keith Urban from the album Keith Urban B - side `` I Thought You Knew '' Released November 28, 2000 Format CD single Genre Country Length 4 : 33 ( album version ) 3 : 40 ( radio version ) Label Capitol Nashville Songwriter ( s ) Keith Urban, Charlotte Caffey, Jane Wiedlin Producer ( s ) Keith Urban, Matt Rollings Keith Urban singles chronology `` Your Everything '' ( 2000 ) `` But for the Grace of God '' ( 2000 ) `` Where the Blacktop Ends '' ( 2001 ) `` Your Everything '' ( 2000 ) `` But for the Grace of God '' ( 2000 ) `` Where the Blacktop Ends '' ( 2001 ) `` But for the Grace of God '' is a song co-written and recorded by Australian country music singer Keith Urban. Urban wrote the song along with Charlotte Caffey and Jane Wiedlin of The Go - Go 's. It was released in November 2000 as the third single from his self - titled American debut album. It became his first No. 1 single on the Billboard magazine Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart on February 24, 2001, a position that it maintained for one week. The song ended a two - and - a-half - year streak in which no artist on the Capitol Records label achieved a Number One single on the country charts. Contents 1 Single and album version differences 2 Music video 3 Chart positions 3.1 Year - end charts 4 References 5 External links Single and album version differences Both radio edit and album - length versions have been issued. The radio edit excises a musical bridge after the second chorus and has a slightly different ending than the album cut. Music video The music video for this song has aired on CMT and GAC. Chart positions Chart ( 2000 -- 2001 ) Peak position US Billboard Hot 100 37 US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) Year - end charts Chart ( 2001 ) Position US Country Songs ( Billboard ) 16 Preceded by `` There Is No Arizona '' by Jamie O'Neal Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks number - one single February 24, 2001 Succeeded by `` You Should n't Kiss Me Like This '' by Toby Keith References Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel ( 2008 ). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 437. ISBN 0 - 89820 - 177 - 2. Jump up ^ `` Singles Minded ''. Billboard : 81. 22 September 2001. Jump up ^ `` Keith Urban Chart History ( Hot 100 ) ''. Billboard. Retrieved April 10, 2011. Jump up ^ `` Keith Urban Chart History ( Hot Country Songs ) ''. Billboard. Retrieved April 10, 2011. Jump up ^ `` Best of 2001 : Country Songs ''. Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 2001. Retrieved August 14, 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 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 ) Graffiti U `` Female '' 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 ) This 2000s country song - related article is a stub. 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Question: who wrote but for the grace of god
Answer: Keith Urban