"[3] Janovitz wrote: "As with the lyric, the music has more than a tinge of nostalgia, with a '50s-like R&B shuffle, a jazzy piano theme, and an inspired, Toots Thielemans-like harmonica solo from Stevie Wonder.

"[3] A fan favourite, John has performed the song live numerous times,[4] occasionally playing it as part of a medley with his hit "Blue Eyes" (from the 1982 album Jump Up!).

The song was covered by James Blunt and released in the UK on the compilation album BBC Radio 2: Sounds of the 80s on 7 November 2014.

[6] The original music video, one of twenty directed for John by Australian Russell Mulcahy,[7] tells the story of two 1950s-era young lovers who are separated when the man is forced to leave for National Service, depicting the trials and tribulations he experiences there, and then are finally reunited at the end of the song.

It was filmed in the Rivoli Ballroom in Crofton Park in London and at Colchester Garrison Barracks, Essex, and featured William Dimeo.