Celtics–Lakers rivalry to their NBA careers, and reignite the rivalry between the two storied franchises that they came to represent. The Celtics-Lakers rivalry was renewed in the 1980s, in large part due to the personal rivalry between Larry Bird and Magic Johnson. Magic said of the games against the Celtics, "when the new schedule would come out each year, I'd grab it and circle the Boston games. To me, it was "The Two" and the other 80." Similarly, Bird said that, "the first thing I would do every morning was look at the box scores to see what Magic did. I didn't
Back Where I Come From was a hit, but also that it said something that I personally wanted to be the first to say." The song, the first cut on "Simple Life", has a play length of 3 minutes and 32 seconds; a 1-minute and 20 second reprise, performed by McAnally on piano with backing from the Nashville String Machine, is the album's sixth track. "Back Where I Come From" was covered by Kenny Chesney on his 1996 album "Me and You", produced by Barry Beckett. Chesney also included a live version of the song on his 2000 "Greatest Hits" album. Of Chesney's recordings, McAnally