The album features three singles "My Love Is for Real", "Crazy Cool" and "Ain't Never Gonna Give You Up".

Her marriage to Emilio Estevez ended with them filing for divorce, and she sought treatment for bulimia.

This experience gave her strength to work on a third album, Head over Heels, her most honest and personal project.

"[13] Head over Heels is primarily a pop and R&B album[1] with elements of funk, Motown soul, lite rap, latin pop, psychedelic soul, soul-pop, and Middle Eastern music.

[14] Head over Heels did not fare as well as Abdul's previous albums, peaking on the US Billboard 200 chart at number 18.

[17] The last single from the album, "Ain't Never Gonna Give You Up", reached number 12 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100.