For The First Time

This upbeat, driving tune is about stepping out of your comfort zone and living life to the fullest. When was the last time you did something for the first time? Yeah, let yourself go Baby, follow that feeling

Darius Rucker wrote the song with Derek George and Travis Hill after coming up with the phrase, "when was the last time I did something for the first time?" "As a songwriter, sometimes the smallest idea can elicit a feeling and then you have this daunting task of trying to relay that emotion and energy into a three-minute song," said Rucker. "When we wrote 'For The First Time,' we each had to dig deep for that moment – for me it was 'you say you've never danced to a dashboard singin' REM under summer stars.' After that it was all over."

Did you catch Rucker's tribute to labelmate Gary Allan during the song? One of the lyrics in the first verse "smoke rings in the dark" is also the title of Allan's 1999 hit single.