"Me and Emily" is a song co-written and recorded by American

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Rachel Proctor Rachel Christine Proctor (born August 11, 1974) is an American country music artist. Before signing to a record deal, she co-wrote Martina McBride's 2002 single " Where Would You Be". By 2003, Proctor had signed to BNA Records, releasing her de ...

. It was released in March 2004 as the third single from her album '' Where I Belong''. Proctor wrote this song with

Chris Tompkins Christopher G. Tompkins (born Muscle Shoals, Alabama) is an American songwriter based in Nashville. Since 2002 he has co-written songs for pop, rock, and country artists Jimmy Buffett, Blake Shelton, Keith Urban, Carrie Underwood, Jason Aldean, ...

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The song is about a female who drives away from an abusive relationship, taking her daughter with her. It is in

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, with a main chord pattern of A2-B-Cm7-B. It is primarily accompanied by piano and guitars set to

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. Proctor told ''

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'' that the idea came about during a songwriting session with

. She had not written a song in eight months, and "wanted a day off", but Tompkins suggested a line about "stuff scattered in the floorboard of a car." After Proctor told him that "Everybody has a driving song", he suggested that they take the story in a different direction, when Proctor came up with the phrase "me and Emily". Although neither of them had experienced domestic abuse, Proctor had been told by fans that it convinced them to leave the