Eric Paslay is featured on the soundtrack for the new Nicholas Sparks’ film, The Best of Me. He actually wrote “Rain From Heaven,” the song that appears on the soundtrack and in the film, nearly four years ago, but says it fits the movie perfectly.

“It’s just a beautiful song that says when things aren’t going the way you’re want it to, a lot of times God’s just kinda just resetting everything for you,” says Eric. “I think it works perfect, especially in the scene in the movie. I’ve seen the scene that they’re using it in, and it’s a pretty dramatic scene that it happens in, but I’m glad it fell out of heaven like rain.”

The soundtrack, which also features songs by Lady Antebellum, Kacey Musgraves, David Nail, Kip Moore, Thompson Square, Hunter Hayes and Colbie Caillat, among others, will be released October 7th, while the film, which stars James Marsden and Michelle Monaghan, arrives in theaters nationwide October 17th.

AUDIO: Eric Paslay talks about the song he recorded for The Best of Me soundtrack.

Eric Paslay (Rain From Heaven) OC: …even better. :47
“I think I wrote the song three or four years ago. I wrote it with another…writer named Patrick Davis, and it’s just a beautiful song that says when things aren’t going the way you’re want it to, a lot of times God’s just kinda just resetting everything for you. I think it works perfect, especially in the scene in the movie. I’ve seen the scene that they’re using it in, and it’s a pretty dramatic scene that it happens in, but I’m glad it fell out of heaven like rain. But yeah, it seems perfect for it. We actually had another song that they were interested in and another big artist really wanted it for his album, so it kind of worked out great. I hope he records it. And I feel like this song fits even better.”