"This song was another case where I had this track started when I came in," Laird recalls to Roughstock. "I had that little guitar thing. I just thought it was really hooky. I just wanted to keep hearing it. I played it for them, and they loved that thought. Shane had the idea that he's always wanted to write a song called 'Downtown,' but he didn't know what it was supposed to be about."
Natalie just started singing, 'I don't know why you don't take me downtown ...,' and that was it," Laird continues. "We were like that sounds good [laughs]! I think we wrote the chorus first. That was just another case where we didn't have in mind that it would be a great song for Lady Antebellum or for whoever.
We just thought it felt awesome when we were coming up with the lines like the one about a mannequin. Those are the kinds of things when you say in a writing room, different writers will say, 'I don't think they'll play that on the radio ... that's too weird.' I hate writing like that. To me, it would be weird if none of it made sense, but it's interesting to me. That catches my ear. That's why I love writing with people like Natalie and Shane, because I always feel like we're at least going to write something interesting ... something we won't get bored with [laughs]!"
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