 It was nominated for a Grammy Award in the category of Best Male R&B Vocal Performance.In an interview with HitQuarters, producer and co-writer JR Hutson described the genesis of the song,
"We’d done a couple of other ideas just off the cuff ... and then as he was leaving I started playing those four chords that are in the beginning of the song.He put his bag down and began commenting on what I was playing.