Brian Fallon of The Gaslight Anthem shared some commentary on tracks from Handwritten for the album’s 10-year anniversary:
“There were a couple of times where [it] happened, but ‘Mae’ and ‘45’ are two of the times where I’m like, ‘These are great songs.’ I feel like there were a lot of those moments on that record, and ‘45’ was probably the first from the really early batch of songs that went in there.”