"Coming Home" is a song recorded by New Zealand-born Australian

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featuring American singer

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, released in March 2018 as the second single from Urban's 2018 album '' Graffiti U''. The artists co-wrote the song with Nicolle Galyon and

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, with

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receiving songwriting credits for the sampling of his 1968 single " Mama Tried". Urban and Rotem are also the producers.

Background and composition

Urban told ''Billboard'' he enlisted Michaels "to help imflesh out a few little bits and pieces, and then she had this cool bridge idea and she sang that, so she ended up on the song. It's a very specific piece, drawing from very different places from Merle to Julia to J.R. to what

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all coming together." The song contains a sample of " Mama Tried" by

. Urban sought approval from Haggard's widow, Theresa, and his son, Ben, for the use of the guitar riff.

Critical reception

Billy Dukes from Taste of Country said it's a "song aimed at the next generation of country music fans."

Commercial performance

As of August 2018, "Coming Home" has sold 113,000 copies in the United States.

Music video

The music video was directed by Andy Hines and premiered on CMT, GAC and

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in April 2018. It was filmed in

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for over two days, with the main performance with Michaels being at the city's Cowboy Palace Saloon.

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

References

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