Part of the song's immediate and widespread appeal had to do with the funky arrangement and sassy vocals of band member Hillary Scott � both of which are departures from the group's previous hits such as "Need You Now," "American Honey," and "We Owned the Night."

Hillary may be the voice out front on "Downtown," but as she and bandmate Charles Kelley explained during an interview backstage at Country Thunder Arizona with KMLE this past weekend, a good chunk of credit also belongs to the third member of the Lady A triumvirate, Dave Haywood.