Its appearance on the Billboard Hot 100 made Cyrus the first act to have six songs debut on the chart in the same week.
Written by Jennie Lurie, Ken Hauptman, and Aruna Abrams, and produced by Antonina Armato and Tim James, "I Got Nerve" lasts three minutes and five seconds.
[2] Heather Phares of Allmusic liked the song and called it a "spunky, new-wavey girl power anthem".
[3] As not released as a single in the United States, "I Got Nerve" received exclusive airplay on Radio Disney, thus its chart appearances consisted mainly of digital downloads.
Cyrus as Montana debuted the song at Walt Disney World Resort's Typhoon Lagoon on June 23, 2006.