One Way Ticket

Album: Blown Away (2012)
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Songfacts®:

  • Underwood penned the lyrics for this reggae-inflected song about finding your personal bliss. She wrote the tune with frequent collaborators Josh Kear and Luke Laird.
  • Speaking with Billboard magazine, Underwood shared that margaritas were served to loosen everyone up during the recording sessions for Blown Away. We can hear the evidence on this breezy island-infused number as she sings, "Raise your hands in the air tonight. Put a little love back in your life."
  • According to Underwood, the whistling on this song was all her doing.

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