The song was released on January 4, 2019,[1] as the lead single from his second studio album, Run to the Father (2020).

[3] Carnes collaborated with Austin Davis and McKendree Tucker in producing the single.

[4] "Nothing Else" was Cody Carnes' first single of 2019, following the release of "Cover the Earth" alongside Kari Jobe in 2018.

[6] "Nothing Else" is composed in the key of C with a tempo of 68 beats per minute and a musical time signature of 44.

[9] The lyric video of "Nothing Else" was published on January 2, 2019, on Cody Carnes' YouTube channel.