"Roller Coaster" is a song written by Michael Carter and Cole Swindell and recorded by American country music artist Luke Bryan.
The inspiration for the song was the Miracle Strip Amusement Park in Panama City, Florida, a destination that Bryan, Swindell, and Carter had visited on summer vacations.
[2] The song is a mid-tempo ballad about a man who encounters a woman while on vacation in Panama City.
In the song, the man befriends the woman, then states that "she's got [him] twisted like that old beach roller coaster" after she leaves.
The song features a bass guitar line performed by Jimmie Lee Sloas, and two backing vocal tracks both sung by session vocalist Perry Coleman.
[1] The song is set in the key of A♭ major with a moderate tempo and a primary chord pattern of A♭-E♭/G-Fm7-D♭ and a vocal range of D♭4-F5.