This is the second single from Country music singer Brad Paisley's eighth studio album, This Is Country Music. The song features the group Alabama and samples their 1982 Country #1 "Mountain Music."
Paisley told Buffalo, New York radio station WYRK how he got Alabama involved on this cut: "We were writing a song that mentions a few things and realized that the perfect bridge for the song is the bridge from 'Mountain Music.' And so I contacted [Alabama member] Randy Owen and asked if he wanted to write it with us, and then got those guys back together. Instead of sampling a piece of 'Mountain Music,' I had those guys come in the studio and record it. It was one of the most mind-blowing experiences of my life."
Paisley performed the song at the 2011 ACM Awards with three newly reunited members of Alabama. He explained afterwards the story of the song: "I told Randy, 'I've got this idea. The song is all about your music, and about a girl that's in love with that old sound, and I want to use the bridge from 'Mountain Music' in it and some other lines here and there, if you'd co-write it with me. It's our way of sampling, here in the country world. He said, 'That sounds great, and I had no idea that anybody cared anymore'—sort of with a chuckle. I told him, 'Well, you're about to see how much they care, I think.' More than anything, I hope this makes their iTunes songs spike a little. They're just the coolest band we ever had, so I'm proud to get to be an unofficial member for a while."
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