The song was recorded at Southern Ground Studios in Nashville, Tennessee and featured in the third episode of TV documentary Foo Fighters: Sonic Highways which documents the music history of Nashville.

[5] Foo Fighters' bassist Nate Mendel told NME that "The song 'Congregation' is a play on how a lot of the folks in the Nashville country music scene came together in church, in a sort of gospel environment, to learn their craft.

"[6] Foo Fighters' frontman Dave Grohl told Q: "Zac Brown is an enormous country star.

[7] The music video appeared at the end of the Foo Fighters: Sonic Highways episode "Nashville".

Personnel adapted from Sonic Highways liner notes[8] Foo Fighters Additional Performers Production