Written and sung by bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons, the song is about an older man who is infatuated with a 16-year-old girl named Christine.

The song's subject and lyrics were controversial and made some hit radio stations reluctant to put it on their playlists, while others (including WABC in the band's home town of New York, and WKBW in Buffalo) only played it after 7 PM as an album cut.

According to interviews in Guitar World, both Eddie and Alex Van Halen played on the original demos.

When Kiss recorded their version of the song, Simmons said that he made Frehley copy Eddie's solo from the demo.

Cash Box said that "it's a tale of teenage lust, put to a bump and grind rock accompaniment that utilizes channel-hopping vocals.