The music video was filmed inside the 109th Field Artillery in Kingston, Pennsylvania.

The song was Baker's highest charting hit on the Billboard Hot 100, where it peaked at number three in December 1988.

[1] In addition, the song spent one week atop the Billboard adult contemporary chart in December 1988.

[3] The album Giving You the Best That I Got was released in October 1988, meaning that it would not be eligible for Grammy consideration until the 1990 ceremony.

Songwriter Skip Scarborough had offered the song to various singers, including Howard Hewett, without success.