Keith Urban - Somebody Like You

What this video is

Released in July 2002 as the lead single from Keith Urban's third studio album 'Golden Road,' 'Somebody Like You' arrived at a pivotal moment when Nashville's country-rock hybrid sound was aggressively crossing over to mainstream pop audiences via CMT and VH1. Urban, an Australian-born artist, represented the internationalization and rock-inflected modernization of country music. The song's Billboard Hot Country…

Why it matters

A landmark of early-2000s New Nashville country-rock, 'Somebody Like You' exemplifies the Capitol Nashville crossover formula: Dann Huff's polished production layered over Urban's raw guitar instincts, yielding a track that dominated country charts while penetrating mainstream pop consciousness.…

The director

American music video director born in South Carolina. Studied journalism and theater at the University of South Carolina, then trained under Sanford Meisner at New York's Neighborhood Playhouse. Relocated to Nashville mid-1990s; transitioned from producer to…