It was recorded the following year by the British/Australian soft rock duo Air Supply and released as the second single from their sixth studio album The One That You Love.

"Here I Am" was written by singer-songwriter Norman Saleet who released it as a single in 1980, backed with "This Time I Know It's Real".

"[1] Air Supply's version was released as a single in the fall of 1981, and peaked at No.

5 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in November of that year, remaining in the top 40 for 15 weeks.

[2] The song also spent three weeks atop the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart.