Jordan Davis is heading up the country charts with his latest hit, “Slow Dance in a Parking Lot.” The song, which he wrote with Lonnie Fowler, has become a big staple in his live show.

“Probably my favorite song off the album. You know, I love ‘Leaving New Orleans’ and that one means a lot to me, but ‘Slow Dance’ is just a song that when we wrote that I just felt like a lot of people need to hear this song,” says Jordan. “It’s a true story. That was written with Lonnie Fowler. We didn’t have an idea what we were gonna write that day and we started talking about first dates. He asked me about my first date, which was not eventful at all, and then I asked him about his first date, and it was him and his wife on their way home, a Garth Brooks song comes on the radio, they pull in a parking lot and he asks her to slow dance. I was like, ‘Dude, if there’s ever a country song, that’s it right there.’ You know, just a song that I’ve been playing for a long time, and I’m happy the world’s getting to hear it. And we can kinda tell too (it) is a song that is a staple in the set now. You know, when we start playing that, people know it.”

Jordan is nominated for New Male Artist of the Year at this year’s ACM Awards, which will be broadcast live from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas April 5th at 8pm ET/delayed PT on CBS.