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Underwood, Lindsey and Laird wrote it and Mark Bright produced it at Starstruck Studios in Nashville. It was the third single from Carnival Ride, released in the US on April 8, 2008 by the infobox and April 7 by the lead text, and in the UK on April 9. A woman meets a man at a club, drinks heavily, elopes in Las Vegas and the next morning does not know his last name. The video is a prequel to "Before He Cheats" with the same actor as the male lead: the couple gamble in Las Vegas, win a truck and marry in a chapel with an Elvis impersonator, and AceShowbiz reports it premiered on April 30, 2008. We could not find the director.

It debuted at number 46 on Hot Country Songs and reached number 1 in June 2008 after thirteen weeks, and reached 19 on the Hot 100; it went 2x Platinum. AllMusic called it a one night stand anthem, Blender gave it 4 of 5, and Slant called it a bald-faced attempt at recreating the Before He Cheats phenomenon; Country Universe's Kevin John Coyne made a similar comparison. It won the Grammy for Best Female Country Vocal Performance in 2009, the People's Choice Country Song of the Year and a CMA Triple-Play award. She sang it at the 43rd ACM Awards on May 18, 2008, the American Idol finale on May 21, 2008 and the 51st Grammys on February 8, 2009. Kristin Chenoweth covered it on Glee. We found no samples and no setlist.fm count, and cannot say whether our upload is the album version.