Produced and written by Jesse Shatkin, with additional writing by Natalie Hemby, Laura Veltz, Ben West, and Jeff "Gitty" Gitelman, it was released as a stand-alone single by Atlantic Records on April 16, 2020.

Unlike her previous records, its single release includes multiple versions of the song recorded in several languages as a duet featuring various recording artists—such as French singer Zaz, Canadian-Moroccan singer Faouzia for the Moroccan Arabic version, Spanish singer Blas Cantó, German musical duo Glasperlenspiel, Israeli singer Maya Bouskilla for the Hebrew version, and the American Deaf West Theatre for the American Sign Language version.

"I Dare You" was written by Jesse Shatkin and Gitty, Natalie Hemby, Laura Veltz and Ben West.

[1] In her opening monologue on a February 2020 episode of her self-titled talk show, Clarkson revealed her plans to release the song.

She also announced plans to film the single's debut live performance on The Kelly Clarkson Show on March 24, its original intended date of release, but was halted due to the COVID-19 pandemic.