Claim: Keith Urban sang the single "Sweet Thing," from the album Defying Gravity.

`` Sweet Thing '' is a song co-written and recorded by Australian country music singer Keith Urban . It was released on 3 November 2008 as the first single from his 2009 album Defying Gravity . It made its debut on the Hot Country Songs charts at number 30 , becoming Urban 's nineteenth Top 40 country hit , and on the chart week of 14 March 2009 , it became his tenth number 1 single . This song also went on to win his third win for 2010 Grammy Award for Best Male Country Vocal Performance in 2010 . This is Keith 's first Top 40 hit on the Pop chart since Once in a Lifetime in 2006 and first Top 30 hit on the Pop chart since You 'll Think of Me in 2004 . The song was written by Urban and Monty Powell .