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. It was released in November 2009 as the fourth single from his 2009 album '' Defying Gravity''. The song peaked at number 3 on the US ''

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chart. Urban wrote this song with Monty Powell.

Content

The narrator compares a quiet

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in the wintertime to something being "as empty as isbroken heart," remembering the times that he and his lover had at the carnival rides there while the boardwalk was open in the summertime. As the song progresses, it is revealed that he has remained in the town for several years, waiting for her to return, as promised, in the summer. It is accompanied mostly by

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Music video

Directed by Noble Jones, the music video was released on January 12, 2010. It won the Male Video of the Year Award at the 2010

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. It was filmed in Santa Monica, CA.

Critical reception

Thom Jurek of

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referred to the song as "haunting, nocturnal, and dreamily textured" in his review of the album. Bobby Peacock of Roughstock said that it was "more substantial" than the album's other three singles and "a standout even among rban'smany great ballads." Chris Neal of ''

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'' gave it four-and-a-half stars out of five, saying that " e words paint a vivid picture of a setting that perfectly mirrors the narrator's emotional state" and calling it "one of rban'sbest

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to date."

Chart performance

Til Summer Comes Around" debuted at number 41 on the ''

charts dated November 28, 2009. Before the song's release, a Keith Urban fan blog called Urban Country Blog had started a petition to release the song as a single. It also debuted at number 92 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and has peaked at number 58. It reached a peak of number three on the Hot Country Songs charts in 2010.

Year-end charts

Certifications

Awards

The song won the 2011 Grammy Award for Best Male Country Vocal Performance on February 13, 2011.

References

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