Chesney's version includes a backing vocal from Grace Potter, with whom he recorded his 2011 single "You and Tequila".

[2] The song is a mid-tempo in which the male narrator longs for a lost lover in California.

[4] The song title refers to the El Cerrito Place Apartments at the base of the Hollywood Hills in the Hollywood neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, where Gattis lived while writing and recording the song.

"[2] Billy Dukes of Taste of Country gave the song 4 ½ stars out of 5, saying that it "might be the most emotional performance of his career.

It’s clear he’s falling back on his own experiences as he tells the story of a man looking for his love and maybe his soul.