It was released on August 29, 2022, as the lead single from Hardy's second studio album The Mockingbird & the Crow.

They recorded a demo that night, with Schmidt adding an artificial siren to the end of the third verse, and his fiancée, singer-songwriter Renee Blair, providing the female vocals and adding a vamp of the phrase "have mercy".

Producer Joey Moi would later re-record the primary instrumentation and add a gospel choir for the closing vamp.

[1] Wilson cited Garth Brooks' "The Thunder Rolls" and The Chicks' "Goodbye Earl" as inspiration for her performance, and said she hoped the song "brings light to a situation that is more common than we'd like to admit" and "haunts" domestic abusers.

[1] A music video was released with the song, directed by Justin Clough and produced by Taylor Vermillion and Ben Skipworth.