It was released by Warner Music Finland on 5 September 2007 as the second single from her eponymous debut album Ihmisten edessä.

Written by Teemu Brunila,[2] the lyrics to "Ihmisten edessä" talk about a couple's struggles with showing their romantic affection in public.

The music video depicts the couple as two females, though Vartiainen, when interviewed by City magazine, said the song could be about any couple whose love is not accepted by the surrounding society.

[3] In 2008, Seta, the main Finnish LGBT organization, awarded Vartiainen and Brunila with its annual award, Asiallisen tiedon omena (the "Apple of Objective Information"), for the song.

According to Seta, the piece is "an apposite evocation of the courage needed from LGBT people e.g. to hold hands in public".