"making memories of us", written by rodney crowell, was originally recorded by tracy byrd on his 2003 album "the truth about men". it was also recorded by crowell himself, along with his backing band the notorious cherry bombs, on their 2004 self-titled album. nine of the album's songs were written by urban. urban produced the tracks "god's been good to me" and "live to love another day" himself, and then he co-produced the rest of the tracks with dann huff.