“The first time I heard this song I was screaming ’til I cried,” Late Show host David Letterman said as he introduced musical guest St. Paul and the Broken Bones. “That’s what I want. Can you do that for me tonight? And it won’t be your fault, but if I don’t get that I’m going to stop the show and we’ll do it over… Let’s launch this rocket! This is going to be fantastic.”

And boy was it ever.

Check out Birmingham, Alabama’s favorite sons crushing it on national television in the video below.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qajImAWrTVA

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— Cliff Sims (@Cliff_Sims) December 3, 2014