 On a message posted to her message board on 6 December 2005, Branch expresses her dissatisfaction with being associated with the record .She asserts that she was “pressured” by her record company, Maverick Records, to sing on the track, with Jessica Harp being similarly pushed into it (so that Maverick could promote The Wreckers, the name of the Branch/Harp duo) .Branch also claims that she did not do any writing for the song, asserting that her name in the writing credits was used by John Shanks as a “bargaining tool” .