2007Released
4:01

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Underwood co-wrote this song with Luke Laird and Hillary Lindsey. It's about a drunken flirtation that turns into a Vegas marriage.

Underwood acknowledges that though she has personally never drunkenly eloped to Las Vegas or even been inebriated enough to embarrass herself, this song is inspired by personal experience. She confessed to USA Today October 18, 2007: "I met a guy at an after-party and asked him his last name 3 times, but it never stuck. He got my number, we talked a few times, and I didn't know what his last name was. I was way past the point where I should have known his last name, and if I asked him, I knew it would offend him."

Luke Laird told AOL the story behind this song: "We wrote 'Last Name' in January of 2007. My manager, Chris Oglesby, set up the co-write with Carrie, Hillary Lindsey, and myself. Hillary is one of my best friends, so we had written many songs together. The three of us had already written one song that day. Then Carrie was telling us about meeting some guy at a post-Oscar party. The guy got her number, but when he called her she realized she didn't even know his last name. He called her a couple of times, but she said it was past the point of her asking him his last name. Anyway, when Carrie told us that story, we all just ran with 'last name' and came up with a fun storyline. Very fun day! We laughed a lot."

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Song Analysis

Key, BPM (tempo) and time signature of Last Name.
D♯Key
MajorMode
4/4Time Signature
160BPM

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The album Last Name is released on.

Released By

The record label that has released Last Name.
Arista
(P) 2007 19 Recordings Limited

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