The song was written by Chris Hillman and Steve Hill, and produced by Ed Seay and Paul Worley.

[1] "Will This Be the Day" marked the beginning of the band's commercial decline on both the American and Canadian Country Singles Charts.

Licensed under MCA Records, it was directed by Gerry Wenner and produced by ET/VideoLink,[11] a division of Edwards Technology Video, California.

They commented: "When a song makes you feel this good and it causes your entire body to somehow blend with the music, it's gotta be hot!

"Will This Be the Day" is charged up with racing energy, stellar instrumentation, a little vocal gut-n-grind and of course tremendous harmony - definitely a playlist picker-upper.