Chris Janson has his ups and downs like everybody else, but he loves his life, loves the Lord and is grateful when people do nice things for him. He wrote "Good Vibes" with Zach Crowell and Ashley Gorley from that positive point of view.
The song's message of positivity also serves as a reminder to Janson to approach each new day with an uplifting attitude. Rather than getting dragged down by events in the news and the vagaries of life, he seeks out something worth smiling about. "You choose to have a bad day or a good day. You choose it, every single day," he explained. "Every single moment, you have a choice to be not nice to somebody or to be really nice to somebody. I just pray really hard for myself, and ask for guidance and humility, and I think 'Good Vibes' stems from that."
Speaking to Leslie Fram, senior vice president of music strategy at CMT, Janson explained this was written during an informal jam session at Zach Crowell's house. It was one of those days when everybody seemed to have woken up cranky and was complaining about this and that. When Janson said, "OK, good vibes only," Crowell responded, "We should probably write that." The trio hadn't originally planned to write together that day, but once they hit on the idea, they pursued it and it came together easily.
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