Produced by Chad Gilbert and A Day to Remember, it was featured as the closing track on the band's 2009 studio album, Homesick.
Written by lead vocalist, Jeremy McKinnon, "If It Means a Lot to You” is a song about leaving behind a special person, swearing you will be back soon and often but, as time goes on, coming home is not as simple as one thought it would be.
The song narrates McKinnon's experience while he is away touring and can't return to his loved one.
However, after gaining overwhelming popularity among fans, it was re-released as a radio airplay single over five years later on September 29, 2014.
[4] In 2019, it surpassed 100 million plays on Spotify, making it the most listened to song by the band on that platform.