Songfacts®:

• In a 1996 interview with Billboard magazine, Dave Matthews said "Two Step," the fourth single from Crash in 1996, is his favorite track on the album. "It's about a love affair that takes place in the middle of great world upheaval. It's romantic and mysterious at the same time," he explained.
• "Two Step" isn't well known among casual Dave Matthews Band listeners but their big fans know it well. It's one of their most-played live songs, often filled with ecstatic improvisation and a drum solo from Carter Beauford.
  
  The band started playing it live in 1992 but didn't record it until 1996 when they included it on their album Crash. They've always considered themselves a live band at their core, and really had no interest in signing a record deal until RCA Records, impressed with their fervent fanbase and delectable songs, made them an offer they couldn't refuse. Their first RCA album was Under the Table and Dreaming in 1994. The first two singles from that album, "What Would You Say" and "Ants Marching," were huge in 1995. Lots of listeners heard those songs and headed to shows that year, where they heard the venerable DMB fans singing along to "Two Step," a song they weren't familiar with. Many turned into lifelong fans.
• The title is a play on the two step dance, but instead of dancing with his partner, Matthews is in step with her as they climb life's metaphorical mountain two by two. If you'd like a song about the dance, there's one by Laura Bell Bundy.