Written and produced by group members Ralph Falcon and Oscar Gaetan, the track's vocals are performed by Pamela Williams.

was released on September 2, 1996, as the lead single from Funky Green Dogs' debut album, Get Fired Up (1996).

a "percussive, tribalistic anthem" and noted that the remixes by Danny Tenaglia are "too hot for mere words".

[3] In later reviews for the same publication, he referred to the song's hook as "mind-numbing" and described the track as a "stomper that melds the throaty sass of singer Pamela Williams with infectious tribal drums".

[6] The following week, it jumped to number one, giving Funky Green Dogs their only number-one single on this chart.

[7] On the Billboard Dance Club Play chart, the song reached number two in early November 1996 and spent 15 weeks on the ranking, making it their joint-longest-charting single on this listing along with "Body" and "Rise Up".