The first single from Keith Urban's ninth studio album finds him name-checking the titular corporation, singer and Bible verse. The song title "resonated deeply" with the singer. "It's the poetic use of the three John's and what each represents to me," he said. The song also references many more well-known names, including John Wayne, Kris Kristofferson, Don McLean, and Marilyn Monroe.
Written by Shane McAnally, Ross Copperman and Josh Osborne, Urban first performed the up-tempo track at the 2015 Country Radio Seminar back in February 2015. "'John Cougar, John Deere, John 3:16' was sent to me a few months ago by one of the songwriters and I loved it immediately – loved it so much that right before I walked out on stage at the Ryman (Auditorium) for CRS a few months back, I thought I'd play the song solo acoustic to see what the audience thought," the singer said. "Flash forward and there's no doubt that their response that day helped make it the first single from what will be my next album."
Urban performed the full version of the song live on stage for the first time at the Bridgestone Arena during the CMT Music Awards on June 10, 2015.
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