This was the second single to be taken from Keep on Loving You, Reba McEntire's first recording for the Valory Music Group and her twenty-sixth studio album in total.
McEntire discussed this song with Great American Country: "It's a strong woman song. I'm sure there are tons of women who get the cold shoulder when the husband comes in from work. He's had a rough day and she's had three kids at home, especially if it's summer. He doesn't want to talk, something's going on and it's confrontation time. If you are giving me the cold shoulder, if you're not wanting to talk to me, and if things aren't getting any better and if I don't turn you on, consider me gone. Here's the way the cow eats the cabbage. It's like, let's poop or get off the pot. Tell it like it is. It's a pretty cool song and it's confrontation time. That is one thing that is wrong with relationships, that there's not enough communication."
This was McEntire's 34th country chart-topper of her illustrious career. Its reign at the top of the charts expanded Reba's run of #1 hits to 26 years. Her first song to reach peak position was "Can't Even Get the Blues" in January 1983.
The song's ascension to the top position in the first chart of 2010 meant that McEntire had reached #1 on Country Songs in four decades. Dolly Parton ('70s-'00s) is the only other female artist to achieve that feat.
The cut was the first Country Songs #1 by a lead female artist not named Carrie Underwood or Taylor Swift since Sara Evans' "Real Fine Place to Start" in the fall of 2005. In the four year span between the two female-led chart-toppers Underwood notched eight #1s and Swift four.
The song was written by Steve Diamond and Marv Green. Diamond told AOL's The Boot, the story of the song: "One thing I love about writing with Marv is we usually come in with no preconceived notion. We just started strumming some chords... I came out with the first line, 'Every time I turn the conversation to something deeper than the weather …' And the melody came out in the verse. We did want to write about the inattentiveness of men sometimes! [laughs] I know in my own case, I don't always pay attention to my wife and what she needs. And this was a song about a woman just wanting to have some power in a relationship... and to be able to dictate some terms. We didn't have a title, but we had all the chords. So we tried a few other things, like, 'I'm outta here,' and 'I'm not gonna let that happen again'... because we didn't start with the chorus, and the chorus doesn't start with the title. So we fished around for awhile to see if we could find a title. But the song did flow... pretty much everything but the title! And then once we had that, everything else fell into place. We just kind of went with it... almost like jamming, if you're a couple of guitar players. We got most of it that day, and we finished it up the next day. Sometimes when you let it sit for a while, that last little piece becomes clearer... We were excited when we left the first day, but when we came back the second day, we felt we really had something. We're absolutely thrilled that Reba heard it and loved it. It's mind-blowing to us, because Reba is such an icon and her hits are going to be as big as hits could ever be. So we were thrilled to find out it was her biggest record. And she is so cool. She called me the other day, and she called Marv, as well, to thank us for the song and to congratulate us. She has been exceptionally gracious with her appreciation and her congratulations."
