When Scotty McCreery looked over treatments for the video for his Top 10 single, “See You Tonight,” he wanted to go with something that would follow the lyrics of the song, but would also be a bit more powerful. The finished product tugs gently at your heartstrings.

“The theme behind the song ‘See You Tonight,’ is a guy that really has to go see his girl tonight. When you’re thinking about that, you obviously think about a guy who hops in his car and going to see his girl and just can’t wait to her,” says Scotty. “But if you really think about it, the ultimate can’t wait to see your girl is somebody that’s just coming back from duty, somebody in the military, that hasn’t seen his wife or her husband in so long. So, when you think about that, it really makes the song a lot more powerful to me when you see that in the video form.”

“See You Tonight” is the title track from Scotty’s latest album, which was released last fall.

Scotty McCreery (SYT video) OC: …take life. :30
“This one came out really cool. You know, the theme behind the song ‘See You Tonight,’ is a guy that really has to go see his girl tonight. When you’re thinking about that, you obviously think about a guy who hops in his car and going to see his girl and just can’t wait to her. But if you really think about it, the ultimate can’t wait to see your girl is somebody that’s just coming back from duty, somebody in the military, that hasn’t seen his wife or her husband in so long. So, when you think about that, it really makes the song a lot more powerful to me when you see that in the video form. So, it was really cool to kind of see it take life.”