Lane's third release for Big Loud Records, it served as the lead single from his second studio album, Laps Around the Sun (2018).

The accompanying music video for the single was directed by Justin Clough, where Lane and Kelly play a couple going around the former's hometown.

For promotion, both artists performed the song live on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon and NBC's Today.

"Take Back Home Girl" was written by Hillary Lindsey, David Garcia and Josh Miller.

[2] The song is a "soulful ode to those girls you can bring home to mom",[3] and Rolling Stone described it as a "grooving, R&B-centric country track.

[25] Lane and Kelly first performed "Take Back Home Girl" live on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on April 2, 2018.