It was released in September 1990 as the fourth single from Jackson's first album, Here in the Real World.

I remembered a radio that my daddy won when I was a young child and how my mama used to sing to my sisters and me.

"[1] The song recounts the narrator's life of trying to make it big as a country music artist.

He goes on to say that the song is "sung with a humble innocence, exudes boundless gratefulness and optimism for a budding career.

The ending of Jackson's next single (and first Number One), "I'd Love You All Over Again", is heard in the beginning of the video at the bar.