The song, written by the band's frontman Rob Thomas, was released on September 18, 2000, as the second single from their second album, Mad Season (2000).

Rob Thomas told Billboard magazine that he wrote the song right after he met his future wife.

Despite peaking at number 12 on the RIANZ Singles Chart, it remained in the top 50 for 34 weeks between November 2000 and July 2001.

[17] The music video for the song, directed by Pedro Romhanyi,[18] is filmed completely in black and white and features only the band (along with two trumpet players and a trombone player), performing at night on the rooftop of a building in the central business district of downtown Los Angeles.

Halfway through the video, Rob Thomas steps onto the edge of the roof and spreads his arms like he's going to jump.