The songs on Exile in Guyville are a track-by-track response to the Rolling Stones' Exile on Main Street. The track “Flower” coincides with the Rolling Stones track, “Let It Loose.” When asked about how the song relates to the Rolling Stones track for Rolling Stone magazine, Liz Phair said, “He’s saying let it loose, stop being an uptight girl from the suburbs and I’m like, really, OK, here you go, here’s what’s in there! I had part of that song beforehand and I developed it. I had the roundabout thing and I wrote the rap at school thinking about this boy with these beautiful lips.”