The song was later a huge success for the British singer Tracey Ullman, who had a UK Top 5 hit with it in 1983.

A demo version performed by DeShannon was also recorded but remained unreleased until a 1994 compilation.

The track then appeared on Ullman's UK Top 20 album You Broke My Heart in 17 Places, which was released in November 1983.

70 in the US in 1984, although the video for Ullman's version received significant play on the then-fledgling MTV and Canada's MuchMusic.

The song's lyrics speak of the singer's inability to find the strength to leave a relationship, and describe a situation where the song's first person protagonist is repeatedly on the verge of running away from the bad situation, only to find at the last moment she does not have the strength of will to follow through.