Moroney's take: "You Had To Be There"

"You Had To Be There" was released with Kenny Chesney aboard via Sony Music Nashville/Columbia Records.

Moroney, Ben Williams, Mackenzie Carpenter and Micah Carpenter wrote the song. Sugarland's Kristian Bush once again produced Moroney.

"That night was so much fun," Moroney said. "The stuff you do with your friends marks a summer. If that's all there was, it was perfect. But last year with Kenny, I saw how his life is creating a string of the most perfect nights for anyone who comes to see him the way we did."

The song was based on Moroney's experience of having seen him years ago in concert and then opening up shows for him on last year's Sun Goes Down 2024 tour.

Lyrics include:
"Bought some nose bleed seats / Summer money well spent / Parking lot, Take a shot, Steal a kiss / And we're ready to go ... Seven years later got a different point of view / Got a sound check in ten and my own dressing room / Going 'round the world with the king of no shoes

"Nobody has more fun, works harder, is more creative or pranked me harder than Megan," said Chesney. "When she called to see if I'd sing on her song, a song she said she wrote about me, I paused. Nobody's ever written a song about me, but nobody's ever ridden a tiny child's tractor down my T wearing my clothes before either."

"The answer was always going to be yes. But what a great thing to sing on a song so well-written, with so much heart and so in the moment. Being out with Megan last year, she really does pack it all into every single thing she does. With her, you do have to be there."

Moroney also released a video for the song directed by CeCe Dawson.