Story Behind the Song: 'Last Name,' Carrie Underwood - The Boot
Luke Laird (pictured left) co-wrote 'Last Name' with Carrie Underwood and Hillary Lindsey (pictured right). He tells the story behind the song, exclusively to The Boot.
We wrote 'Last Name' in January of 2007. My manager, Chris Oglesby, set up the co-write with Carrie, Hillary Lindsey, and myself. Hillary is one of my best friends, so we had written many songs together. The three of us had already written one song that day. Then Carrie was telling us about meeting some guy at a post-Oscar party. The guy got her number, but when he called her she realized she didn't even know his last name. He called her a couple of times, but she said it was past the point of her asking him his last name. Anyway, when Carrie told us that story, we all just ran with 'last name' and came up with a fun storyline. Very fun day! We laughed a lot.
Side note: We wrote this two days after we wrote 'So Small.' Productive week!