The song, written by Hubert Kemmler, Markus Löhr, Michael Cretu and Richard Palmer-James, was released as the lead single from The Long Play on 15 July 1985 by Virgin Records, and was a major chart hit in Europe, reaching number one in multiple countries.

Initially unsuccessful in its bid to gain radio play, the label targeted DJs in Greece and their tourist audiences next, and the song subsequently became a big hit there, where it topped the singles chart.

[6] In 1999, another remix of the song was released only in France as a promotional single in support of Sandra's compilation album My Favourites.

A simple performance music video was filmed in 1985, which presents Sandra accompanied by a bassist/backing vocalist, a drummer and a keyboardist.

[9] The industrial style video for the 1993 version was directed by Marcus Adams, and was also released on The Complete History DVD.