"Somewhere in My Car" is a song co-written and recorded by New Zealand-born Australian

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singer

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. It was released in June 2014 as the fourth international single and fifth overall from his 2013 album ''

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''. In December 2014, it became Urban's sixteenth number one single on the

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chart. Urban wrote this song with J. T. Harding.

Content

"Somewhere in My Car" is an uptempo, guitar-driven breakup song about a male recalling a failed relationship and wishing that he and his lover were "somewhere in iscar". The song is set in the key of

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with a main chord pattern of E5–B5–E/G-Gm–Fsus-F, and Urban's vocals range from F to G.

Critical reception

Country music blog ''

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'' described the song favorably: "One can’t ignore his guitar solo. It screams ’80s rock, while the rest of the song is distinctively modern. The new 'modern' comes with a strong ’80s influence, however, and 'Somewhere in My Car' rides blissfully along in that niche." Giving it an "A", Bob Paxman of ''

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'' wrote that "Keith rbangoes on to deliver the goods in a song that deftly mashes lyrical content with instrumentation to create the overall mood." He also praised the use of a

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on the solo, as well as Urban's singing voice.

Chart performance

"Somewhere in My Car" debuted on US ''Billboard''s Country Digital Songs chart at number 42 when the album ''Fuse'' was released in September 2013. After it was chosen as a single in June 2014, the song entered the US

chart at number 59 the same week, and appeared on the

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chart a month later. As the song gained airplay, the song debuted at number 91 on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart on September 13, 2014. It reached its peak at number one on the Country Airplay chart and number 49 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart for the week of December 6, 2014. As of February 2015, the song has sold 450,000 copies in the US. On August 16, 2019, the single was certified

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by the

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(RIAA) for combined sales and streaming data of over a million units in the United States. The song debuted at number 32 on the Canadian Hot 100 chart when the album ''Fuse'' was released in September 2013. It reached number four on the Canada Country chart in November 2014.

Music video

The music video was directed by John Urbano and premiered in September 2014.

Personnel

Adapted from ''Fuse'' liner notes. *J. Bonilla —

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*Tony Lucido —

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— keyboards,

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*Russell Terrell —

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*Keith Urban — all vocals, ganjo,

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Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

References

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