[3] The song is about a man who runs into an old flame and, after acknowledging to her "You're just as lovely as you used to be," tries to put up his bravado by saying he's getting along fine without her, "except," he admits, "I can't sleep, and I cry all night 'til dawn."

He then details his deep sorrow for his mistakes that led to the breakup of their relationship, then – after sharing an embrace "just for old time's sake" – bids her well.

A video clip of Twitty singing "Hello Darlin'" on the television show Hee Haw was used at the end of the Family Guy episode "Peter's Daughter".

Twitty worked with a language professor from the University of Oklahoma to record the phonetic Russian version of the song.

[3] "Privet Radost" - released as a special edition single in 1975, although it did not chart - is available on The Conway Twitty Collection box set.