Story Behind the Song

The song would spend four weeks at number one and it would be the cornerstone of his career.

"It's about this ex of mine who would call me wanting to unload all his issues ..."

"The first time we heard it, me and my wife made a baby," jokes Tyler Hubbard.

"It started with a kick drum and a cowbell ..."

"It was my first male-female duet, and it had to be right ..."

"I like a bit of range, and that writing environment created that range ..."

"The goal was, first, to pay homage to my dad ..."

It all began behind a bar ...

"It’s been written a bunch of times, but ..."

"I feel like it had a good moral compass ..."