The song is often referred to as a power ballad, and its success became a lucrative, marketing template for other hair bands of the late 1980s.

Cash Box said that the song has "a slow-rocking groove and a surprisingly melodic verse and chorus," making it "a pleasant metal outing.

"[9] The video (directed by Wayne Isham and guest-starring actor Michael Berryman) depicts each band member receiving a phone call home, and replying "I'm on my way!

", Vince Neil on a beach, Mick Mars on a throne in a haunted house, Nikki Sixx at a bar, and Tommy Lee at a wild party.

A parody of this video was used for the end credits of the 2010 film Hot Tub Time Machine, with Rob Corddry's character Lou "Violator" Dorchen clothed in Vince Neil's purple vest, white tiger striped spandex & headband, with the band's name altered to "Mötley Lüe".

John Cena performs a heartfelt, instrumental rendition of the song at the end of the sixth episode of Peacemaker.

Country singer Carrie Underwood recorded a cover version in 2009 as the contestant farewell song for the eighth season of American Idol.

[18] Justin Moore covered the song as a duet with Vince Neil on the 2014 album Nashville Outlaws: A Tribute to Mötley Crüe.