This was one of the first tunes she ever wrote, which Goulding told the NME is "a song about leaving the countryside, which still pains me." After being exposed to electronic music, Goulding developed this song with the help of electropop artist and producer Frankmusik, whom she emailed via MySpace. She explained to the Guardian on December 12, 2009: "I said, 'I've got this acoustic song, and I know I want something good to happen to it but I don't know what – can you help me?" Frankmusik replied instantly to her surprise.

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