According to Wallen, Hubbard was inspired by his wife, Hayley, and the relationship that the two have despite Hubbard being constantly on the road as a musician. Wallen also stated that he had most of the song written starting with the hook, when Schmidt added the "groove". The song features a 6/8 time signature which Cillea Houghton of Taste of Country compared to Keith Urban's 2017 hit "Blue Ain't Your Color". In it, Aldean sings of loving his wife, and how she "make[s] it easy" to love her in return.[2]
Commercial performance
On the chart dated February 3, 2018, "You Make It Easy" debuted at number 26 on the US BillboardCountry Airplay chart.[3] The next week, it debuted at number 28 on the Billboard Hot 100 due to strength of digital sales.[4] The song reached number one on the Country Airplay for chart dated May 5, 2018, thus becoming Aldean's 18th number one hit.[5]
"You Make It Easy" sold 77,000 copies in its first week of sales. It was the top-selling country song of the week.[6] It has sold 601,000 copies in the United States as of January 2019.[7]
