12 on the UK Singles Chart[1] and reaching the top ten in other European countries such as the Netherlands and Sweden.

In March 1987, band members Andrew Gold and Graham Gouldman started writing and recording songs for the follow-up to their debut album Magnetic Heaven, American English.

A majority of the song features Gold singing, backed by drums and pop-influenced music.

The song's lyrics talk about a failed relationship between a man and a woman, the man trying to rekindle the relationship by promising the woman a new beginning, and that he will treat her better ("I can't give you a written guarantee I won't make you sad / but I'll be on my best behavior").

The video received some MTV airplay, including "Weird Al" Yankovic's AL-TV special.