- Oku kukhutshwe njengenye ekhokelayo yehlabathi kwicwecwe lesithathu le-OneRepublic, Umthonyama . Ingoma yaqalwa liqela ngexesha U-Dick Clark woNyaka oMtsha we-Rockin' Eve NgoDisemba 31, 2012. Umzila, owaveliswa ngu-frontman wabo uRyan Tedder, waqalwa kwi-intanethi ngoJanuwari 9, 2013.
- Ibhendi yaqesha uluhlu olubanzi lwabantu kubamelwane kunye nezihlobo ukurekhoda ii-execs ukuphulaphula Umthonyama ukubanceda bakhethe ukuba yeyiphi ingoma abaza kuyikhokela kwicwecwe. Oku kwakhethwa njengengoma yabo yokuqala emva kokuba injineli ye-OneRepublic, ngaphandle kokwazi iqela, idlale ingoma yabahlobo bakhe abangamashumi amabini into ababecinga ukuba ingoma ilungile ngokwenene. 'Olo luhlobo lovavanyo oluhle lwamaqela,' uTedder wachaza kwiRadio.com. 'Ukuba unako ukufumana abafana kwi-20 yabo yokuqala ukuba bakholelwe kwinto ethile, kwaye babe ngathi, 'Ewe, ndingayifumana loo nto okanye ndiya kubona oko'... akusiqhwala.'
- Le ngoma yarekhodwa kwisiqithi saseSantorini, eGrisi, esikumazantsi eAthene kuLwandle lweMeditera. Ngexesha levidiyo esemva kwemiboniso yokwenziwa komkhondo, sibona ngaxeshanye uTedder exelela iqela ukuba baya kurekhoda inxalenye yengoma ngokusebenzisa inkqubo yeGarage Band. Indinyana abhekisa kuyo uTedder ithi: 'Sihlise kwaye siqhubeke sizama. Iinyawo ezingama-40,000 zihlala zibhabha. Sihlise kwaye siqhubeke sizama. Iinyawo ezingama-40 000 zihlala zibhabha.'
- U-Tedder utyhile kwi-MTV News ukuba nangona i-euphoric, 'masiphambane namhlanje', ingoma eneneni inesihloko esibi sokuhla ngenqwelomoya. 'Ukuvuka ngenqwelomoya kwaye sifumanisa ukuba uyehla,' wacacisa, 'uba nomzuzu wokoyika, ujonge ngefestile, ubona ubomi bakho budlula phambi kwakho, [kodwa] ujonge ngasekunene kwakho kwaye ubona umntu omthandayo ehleli ecaleni kwakho, kwaye uqonda ukuba 'Kungaba kubi kakhulu ... imizuzwana engama-90 elandelayo iya kuba yinto enomdla kakhulu, kwaye lo mntu unam, ngoko ke ndilungile.''
- Ividiyo yomculo wengoma yayilawulwa nguMichael Muller. Oku kulandela ukuba abantwana abakumbindi wedolophu yaseLos Angeles beleqa imikhondo ekuzingeleni i-scavenger. Ekugqibeleni, bavula umnyango wegaraji ukuze bafumane ibhendi eyenza ingoma kwigumbi elimnyama, elinomsi phambi kwesihlwele esigcweleyo. 'Olu luhlobo lokuqala kuthi sonke, kuquka nomlawuli,' utshilo uTedder. 'Ibali levidiyo liphefumlelwe [ziifilimu] 12 iinkawu kwaye IMatrix , landela umvundla omhlophe.'
- Inguqulelo yomdaniso wengoma yaphinda yaxutywa ngu-DJ waseSweden u-DJ Alesso kwaye yakhululwa kumazwe athile, ngakumbi eSweden, apho uguqulelo olubalelwa kwi-Alesso vs OneRepublic yafikelela kwi-#4 kwitshathi yodwa. U-Alesso uxelele Ibhodi yezaziso imagazini le remix yeza ngenxa yokuba 'bandithumelele idemo kwaye ndafana, 'yho, ndifuna ngokwenene ukwenza okuthile ngale nto.'' Wongezelela wathi: 'Ndandisebenza nayo esitudiyo yonke imihla malunga nenyanga. Yayininzi into endandifuna ukuyenza ngayo. Bendifuna ukuba ibese melodic kunye neemvakalelo njengokuba injalo kodwa isenamandla. Bekunzima, kodwa ndonwabe kakhulu.'
