Straight To Hell

Drivin N Cryin is a Southern Rock band who have been together since the mid-1980s. This track, from their third album Mystery Road, is their best known track. Frontman Kevn Kinney, who penned the tune, explained the story behind the song: "It's just about a latchkey kid whose mother is dating and they have different rules. It's got a little bit of 'Romeo and Juliet' to it, but it's mostly about my sister's life, but it's also about everybody's life, that's why I think people identify so much with it. There were a lot of single parents at that time. Divorce was kind of new back then and that happened to a lot of kids."

R.E.M's Peter Buck was originally earmarked to be the producer of the Mystery Road album. He was a friend of the band, and they recorded demos together. However, Island Records refused their choice and picked Scott McPherson to be the producer.

Darius Rucker's fifth album, When Was the Last Time, features a cover of this song. "When it was played in the bar, every single person in the bar was singing and hugging their best friend," Rucker told Nash Country Daily. "I've wanted to cut that song since I came to Nashville, and I kept saying I was going to cut it someday."