Nine Days is currently sitting at number one on the "R&R" Contemporary Hit Radio-Pop chart with "Absolutely (Story Of A Girl)," the first single off the Long Island, New York, band's new album, "The Madding Crowd."

Prior to embarking on the group's current road trip with Third Eye Blind and Vertical Horizon, Nine Days singer-guitarist John Hampson chatted with MTV Radio about coming up with the song, which he said was the product of instinct rather than a long, drawn-out songwriting process.

"Some artists talk about songwriting as a craft and stuff, and I know I can craft a song, because Brian [Desveaux, vocalist-guitarist] and I have done it, but you have almost this instinct. [When we wrote 'Absolutely'], I just couldn't stop singing it in my head. I had finished up some of the lyrics and stuff and just brought it in to rehearsal one day.

"I said, 'You know, I think I got something pretty cool.' And we figured it out, we all learned it, and a couple of months later we were signing a record deal and it was great. [RealAudio] [Sometimes] you sort of get out of the way of the song and just let it happen."

The band is scheduled to roll into Charlotte, North Carolina, on August 11 with Third Eye Blind and Vertical Horizon for a show at the Blockbuster Pavilion.

You can check out more from our interview with Nine Days in an MTV News Online feature debuting Friday at MTV.com.