It was released on March 29, 2019, as the first single and partial title track from his compilation album Fully Loaded: God's Country.

[3] Dawson stated that he and his fellows wrote the song on a Thursday, and that "Blake heard it, and by Monday he had recorded it.

The music credits on the release were collected digitally during the recording process using the Sound Credit platform and delivered to Warner Music Nashville in a standardized digital format called Recording Information Notification (RIN).

[4] Shelton has stated that "'God's Country' is a song that has a strong and deep meaningful lyric, but at the same time it leaves it up to the listeners' interpretation.

[10] The music video was directed by Sophie Muller, and shot over the course of four days in and around Tishomingo, Oklahoma.

[2] It depicts Shelton singing and working on a modern farm, interspersed with historical footage of the Dust Bowl, storms, beautiful nature shots, and traditional rural and farm imagery, concluding with a burning tractor.