 In an interview with MTV News , Allen stated that the song had been earmarked as his album 's potential single since he won American Idol back in May 2009 . Allen stated , " [ The song ] was actually one that we had listened to really early on , and we kind of just fell in love with it . Everyone did . " When an interview for his cover story shared with , Idol runner @-@ up , Adam Lambert , Allen explained , " It 's a song that has a really good message @-@ that we only have so much time , let 's make the most of it . It 's definitely got one of the choruses where I can picture people rolling down the windows of their cars and singing along to it . " 
