"Making Memories of Us" is a song written by American

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artist

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that has been recorded by several artists. The first version was recorded by American country music artist

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on his 2003 album '' The Truth About Men''. One year later, Crowell and

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recorded the song as former members Crowell's backing band called The Notorious Cherry Bombs, and was featured on their self-titled album. The third version of this song was recorded by Australian

artist

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on his 2004 album ''

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''. Urban's rendition was released as the album's third single on 21 March 2005. His version also reached number one on the U.S. ''

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charts and held that position for five weeks.

Music video

The black and white music video for

's version of "Making Memories of Us" was directed by

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and premiered on CMT on March 25, 2005.

Chart performance

"Making Memories of Us" debuted at number 55 on the U.S. ''Billboard''

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chart for the week of March 19, 2005. For the Hot Country Songs chart published 4 June 2005, the song's second week at No. 1, artists on the Capitol Nashville label held the No. 1 through No. 3 positions on the chart, making for only the third time in the chart's history that all three positions were held by acts on the same label. That week,

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" was No. 2 and

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's "

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" was No. 3. In addition, "Making Memories of Us" peaked at number 34 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and at number 5 on the US

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chart.

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

Versions

The Irish

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singer Derek Ryan recorded a version of the song. It was included in his 2015 album ''One Good Night''. The American indie artist

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recorded a version of the song along with a cover of Nirvana's "

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". Country Music singer recorded his version of the song on his 2025 album entitled Oh What A Beautiful World

References

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