Andy Gibson:

Paul had this hook, “Don’t you wanna stay,” and right away, I thought, “Wow, that is just so simple.” It wasn’t over-the-top, flowery-emotional … not gooey kind of romance. It was realistic! And we wanted to keep it that way throughout the whole song, lyrically. We wanted to make sure it was stuff you’d actually say in real life. Keep the lyric real simple, yet still have that super-romantic, strong emotional connection.

Paul Jenkins:

It was one of those things where you have the title, and some semblance of the melody just pops into your head. I don’t know where exactly it came from. I sang what I had to Jason, and we thought, “What if we did something like, ‘You’re chocolate, and I’m peanut butter’” … and then we had the start of the song for a minute.

Jason Sellers:

As writers, a lot of times something in your life happens, and you write it from that. But in this particular case, we had this title. So we started thinking about the concept. In our business, they want tempo, tempo all the time. But every once in a while, you find the right ballad. And we just felt like this kind of sentiment might really catch a lot of people who might feel that moment of, “Man, this is so awesome, let’s not cut this short! Can’t we just keep this going? Matter of fact, can’t we just keep this going forever?”

Jason Aldean:

Taking on a duet alongside a vocalist with the chops of Clarkson would be daunting for most singers. I was like, ‘OK, she’s obviously going to make me look bad on this song, period, so just get over that and sing it your way. I went in and did my thing, and … when she started singing with me, our voices blended so well. It was just one of those things you can’t predict."

– Via TheBoot & Billboard

The song was a crossover hit, peaking at number one on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart and at number 31 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song became Aldean’s fifth number one single and Clarkson’s first number one single on the Billboard Hot Country Songs.

Jason Aldean:

We had the song pitched to us and originally it wasn’t a duet. The more I was listening to the thing and learning the song, I realized it set itself up to be a duet if we wanted to go that route. When I called my producer about it he asked who I wanted to sing it with me and I said Kelly Clarkson, but I didn’t think we’d be able to get her. I’ve always been a big fan of hers. I love her voice and I love her style. Long story short, we got her a copy of the song and she loved it. As soon as she started singing, it became obvious it was going to be great."

Via NYPost