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How Lady A’s ‘Love You Back’ Came to Lean on Classic Sound and the Strength of a Memory

This week’s Makin’ Tracks looks at this song, written by Lindsay Rimes, James McNair and Emily Weisband.

Weisband tossed that idea out in several writing rooms, though it never quite landed until she showed up at the home studio of Lindsay Rimes (“Whiskey On You,” “Cool Again”) with James McNair (“Glory Days,” “Lovin’ On You”) last spring. Working with producer Dann Huff (Keith Urban, Thomas Rhett), they softened the rock tone from the demo and found an appropriately hazy sensibility. Haywood noodled around with the track in his home recording studio, ultimately developing a mandolin riff that keyed off the melody, creating a sort of melancholy pastiche.

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