Songfacts®:

• The lead single from Set You Free was penned by Allan with Matt Warren and Hillary Lindsey. The album title comes from a line in the song, which the singer explained is indicative of the theme of the entire LP. "Every storm runs out of rain," said Allan, "so I think that's what this album is about, is me coming up for air." The song was released to Country radio on September 17, 2012.
• It was Matt Warren who came up with the idea for the song after a frustrating day. "Matt was kind of going through a hard time," Allan told The Boot. "He was going through a dry spell, like all writers do, and he hadn't been writing many songs. He was doing yard work one day, weed eating, and he hit a rock and it hit the house and then bounced back and hit him in the forehead. He was pissed, and he called me and talked to me about it, saying, 'I'm so sick of mowing lawns. We need a hit.' ... He had the line, 'Every storm runs out of rain.'"
• The music video was directed by Stephen Shepherd and filmed at an old slaughterhouse in East Nashville. "It looks like an apartment complex with the walls blown out of it," said Allan to The Boot. "We shot up on the roof; we put the whole band up there underneath some rain machines."
• Asked by The Boot why the song has done so well, Allan replied: "I never watch the charts; it's something I can't control and it drives me batty. But it's been so long since we had anything out there, I've watched every inch of what 'Every Storm' is doing, and it's been a blast to watch it grow. I like to watch what resonates with people and what they gravitate toward ... It is a song about hope, and the timing, with the recent storms and floods, our country needs hope. I think that's why it's doing so well."
• Hillary Lindsey also provided the harmony vocals on the track. It marked the first time a woman had provided the backing vocals on one of Allan's singles.
• Matt Warren has co-written a number of songs for Allan, including this and two other cuts on Set You Free. Warren used to sell merchandise for the singer on the road, but he wasn't very good at the job. "I remember when I let him go," recalled Allan, "I said, 'Man, you can't do this for me, but I'll write with ya. I love the way you write.' He used to write in the back lounge, and I think this is like eight cuts with me, or nine cuts, over the years."
• Set You Free was Allan's ninth studio album. It became his first #1 on the Billboard 200 when it debuted atop the list with sales of 106,000. It was the first time that an artist named Gary had topped the album chart. We note, however, that certain natives of the city of Gary in Indiana have reached the peak position, namely Michael Jackson and his siblings.
  
• The song was Allan's fifth Country #1 as an artist but his first chart-topper as a co-writer.