[1] The song was written by McCollum and the Love Junkies (Hillary Lindsey, Lori McKenna and Liz Rose) and produced by Jon Randall.

When he and the Love Junkies began their session, they spent about half an hour talking and strumming guitars.

McCollum developed a groove and repeated the phrase "burn it down", eventually filling in extra lines after each repetition.

McCollum brought the recording to Jon Randall, who helped with the instrumental along with session player Jedd Hughes and engineer F. Reid Shippen.

[2] The song is about a person ending a relationship with a former significant other and removing everything that brings to mind the good times they had together.