We Were Us

This Nicolle Galyon, Jimmy Robbins and Jon Nite penned song tells the story of two former lovers looking back on their lost romance. The song was produced by frequent Taylor Smith collaborator Nathan Chapman, and released as the second single from Urban's Fuse album. It was made available to radio on September 10, 2013.

The song is a duet with Miranda Lambert, whom Urban has known since the mid 2000s, when she was his opening act during his Alive in '05 tour. Urban said that choosing Lambert to collaborate on the track was a no-brainer: "She's just the real deal. I just love her. I love her artistry. Her voice is awesome. She would get up and play with us when we were touring with her, and I just felt like our voices went together really well. So, it was another person that I always had in the back of my mind and was hoping I could find a song for us one day." "The song called 'We Were Us' came along," he continued, "and it's actually written as a duet, but the girl sings first, so I thought 'Let's do it! Let's call Miranda up.' She liked the song, came and sang it, and various people were going 'Well you can't have her singing first!' Why not? It sounds fine! Again, it was always just about how the song works best. The song just works best that way. It's a duet. She's not a backing vocalist."

Urban has a thing for cars, which often finds its way into his music. This song, for instance, includes mentions of "low beam lights" and a time when "money was gas and dreams were dust." There's even a "backseat promise" and a "floorboard feeling." And if you don't believe that motor vehicles are always turning up in Urban's music, check out Fuse's lead single, "Little Bit Of Everything," where Urban sings the line "Now I don't need a garage full of cars." "The car thing features heavily in a lot of my songs because I just love – I love cars," he said. "And I love listening to music in cars. I love all the 'moments' – all kinds of moments – that we humans experience only in cars, you know…as couples and arguments and makeup sessions and make-out sessions and everything. I just love everything to do with cars!"