[4] Written and produced by lead singer Frankie Beverly,[2][3] the song peaked at #13 on the Billboard R&B chart in 1981.

[5] The song has been noted for its enduring popularity in Black American culture as a staple of gatherings and parties.

[6][7] Beyoncé covered the song for her 2019 film Homecoming, and it's the focus of a 2021 episode of Jenna Wortham and Wesley Morris's New York Times podcast, Still Processing.

[8] According to Frankie Beverly, he had originally written the song as a ballad about his conflicted feelings when Delores Marie "D'Marie" Warren of Alton McClain and Destiny died in a car crash while he was in love with her but in a relationship with another woman.

Beverly told Billboard that the cover was "one of the high points of (his) life... in a class of its own" and made him "feel bigger than ever!