The first single from Luke Bryan's Kill the Lights album received its TV premiere on May 19, 2015 on both The Ellen DeGeneres Show and on The Voice's season finale. The song was made available at iTunes the same day. "We recorded a lot of songs, and that one stood the test of time," Bryan told USA Today. "We decided it was worth kicking the album off to. It's a big, anthemic sing-along, so it should be pretty fun."
This was written by Dallas Davidson, Chris DeStefano and Ashley Gorley - the same team that penned Bryan's hit single, "That's My Kind of Night." "We came up with that groove and that little intro riff that you hear, and it had the right energy for what we were looking for," DeStefano recalled to Taste of Country. "Then the melody started coming, and I can't remember if it was Dallas or Ashley that ended up throwing out the term 'kick the dust up,' but we knew it right away, 'All right, that feels right, let's run with that. That's perfect.'"
Luke Bryan opened his spring 2015 shows with this song. He's never before started sets with an unreleased tune. 'Kick The Dust Up' is also the title of the star's 2015 summer concert tour. "That's how confident we are in the song being pretty awesome," Bryan said. "We figured the socials would start lighting up and people would start learning the words. Once it hits radio, people will catch on real quick."
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