Songfacts®:

• Opening with a stuttering guitar line and snaps, "Knockin' Boots" is a feel-good song which maintains a simple, sparse production throughout. Lyrically the song finds Luke Bryan singing about his need for love:
  
  Sweet tea needs that sugar stirrin'
  Small-town nights need both ends burnin'
  Shades need drawin'
  Hearts need fallin'
  Boots need knockin'
  Knockin' boots ... me and you
  
  Bryan said: "'Knockin' Boots' is about dancing, fun, it feels country and it's also about, hey, lovin' on your significant other."
• The song was written by:
  
  Frequent Carrie Underwood collaborators Hillary Lindsey and Gordie Sampson.("Jesus, Take The Wheel," "Just A Dream"). Lindsay has also written with Lady Gaga, including her hit single "Million Reasons."
  
  Texan songwriter Jon Nite, who co-wrote Luke Bryan's 2015 hit single "Strip It Down."
  
  Bryan said: "From the moment I heard this song I knew I had to get in the studio and record it. I just couldn't get it out of my head. This may be the fastest turn around I have ever done with a song."