The video was filmed over three days in suburbs of Los Angeles, California. The school scenes (including the track and meet) were filmed at John Marshall High School, the same school where Van Halen's "Hot for Teacher" (1984) video, and the final carnival scene from "Grease" (1978) were filmed, while the residential scenes were filmed in Westwood.
Throughout the video, Brooks and his band perform with his band in front of a set resembling the sign-up board, which turns into a fire, meanwhile, Brooks appears in the crowd of the sports day event.
Brondon is seen working very hard for the meet, meanwhile at the State Track and Field Meet, Brandon trips during a race and is injured, the coach helps him out, but the father runs on the track and encourages his son to finish the race regardless, instead of quitting. After his father's encouragement, Brandon picks himself up and sprints across the finish line, where he is emotionally embraced by both of his parents.
In the Garth Brooks music video for "Standing Outside the Fire" (1993) directed by Jon Small and produced by Small/Riffle, we meet a high school student with down syndrome named Brandon, who does not participate in the institution's Special Olympics, instead, Brandon signs up for the regular event. There is much stride between Brandon's parents, conserving whether or not he should be allowed to do this. The father is strongly opposed, but the mother believes the father disapproves.
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