Stop Drop + Roll

Album: Where It All Began (2014)
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Songfacts®:

  • The inspiration for this tune was the Stephen King horror film The Mist, which Dan + Shay were watching late one night. When a character burst into flames and kept walking, Dan was befuddled by his actions and wondered aloud why he didn't stop, drop, and roll. "He's just walking. And I was like, 'Man, no one ever listens to their elementary school teacher to stop, drop and roll.' I've never seen someone do that in the wild," he told the Off The Record podcast in 2026.

    The pair paused the movie and immediately wrote a bro country song about speeding down the highway in a '65 Mustang convertible with the top down and their girl along for the ride: "Whoa, all we gotta do is stop, let the top drop and roll."

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