And if I remember correctly, I turned around and went "Reaching the phone cause I can't fight anymore." It was like, "Okay, here we go." It still only took a few hours.
And instead, Charles was like, “Hey, can we write another song?”Īnd so Charles grabs the guitar, and he had the opening line for what became "Need You Now." "Picture-perfect memory, scattered all around the floor." There wasn't anything else. And I thought it would be hugs and high fives and they walk out the door. We’ve literally not spent more than an hour and a half together. And they loved it exactly the way it was…We finished this uptempo, fun, feels fairly radio obvious kind of song. The other two came in and I played it for them from the beginning. And he's like, “Are we writing that?” And I was like, “We can, absolutely." I’ve never seen the guy before, didn't know him. And the next thing I know, Charles comes bursting into my office. And I didn't even hear him open the door, probably because I had the on the music too loud. They showed up about 20 minutes before the writing was supposed to happen, which is rare.I was sitting up in my studio, working on that idea. And I had a verse and a chorus of a song. So after Carla told me that, I spent some time on my own, trying to start exactly what I thought they needed. I had been told through Carla Wallace, my publisher, that they were looking for (an) uptempo, fun first single off their next record.they were getting ready to really start that next album cycle. So for whatever reason they showed up in my office that day. They were just writing as much as they could. They were writing all over the walls, all over the floor, all over themselves. They should have been washing their clothes, and spending time with the people they needed to see. Charles (Kelley) never should have been in my studio, because it was his wife's birthday. She probably should have just gone home and gone to bed. They were out obviously promoting the first album and 'Run To You' was coming out which became their first number one, but it hadn't peaked yet. They were only going to be in town for 48 hours. I didn't even know it was coming, but it had been set based on their tour dates. It was four months that that writing appointment had been in the books. Josh Kear: That was the first time we ever met.īH: What? Because I feel there's some chemistry in that song. Watch Video: Story Behind the Song: Lady A's 'Need You Now'īart Herbison: Was that the first time you'd ever written together? Take us back to that room.
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