[2] The song was originally featured on the soundtrack to the 1995 Will Smith and Martin Lawrence action-comedy Bad Boys.

AllMusic described the songs on the album as "sweetly-sung paeans to the late-night nasties, pure acts of musical seduction [...] Bonafide is a mix of dance tunes, and ballads with slinky beats and shadowy moods that suggest late nights in a jazz or blues club.

This is the red-light district of sweet-soul music [...] The sound of Bonafide is seductive enough, but Jon B.

's sexiest tool is his voice, which has the slurred quality of bedroom talk and still manages to swoop gracefully over melodic choruses.

[1] On August 1, 1996, it was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for shipments figures in excess of 500,000 copies.