He recorded it with his daughter Joni Lee and released it in August 1975 as the single from the album The High Priest of Country Music.
[4] In addition, the song was one of just two non-Loretta Lynn duets in which Twitty had major success (the other being a guest shot on Ronnie McDowell's 1988 cover of "It's Only Make Believe.")
This "B-side" single began achieving its popularity at the end of the summer of 1975, and eventually peaked at No.
Despite Joni begging in a love letter to Jimmy to "please say you'll wait for me" so that they may someday get married, and pleading fidelity in the meantime ("Saving all my kisses just for you, signed with love forever true"), Jimmy goes over to Joni's house to explain their age differences and that he needs to find a suitable wife now.
[11][12] Czech version was published in 1987 under the title Víc než přítel (More than a friend), sung by Karel Černoch with lyrics by Jaroslav Machek.