According to Richard Carpenter, he had to choose which songs he wanted to remake, and there was a big pile of 7-inch singles he had to listen to.

[1] King is quoted as saying[citation needed] that the duo's lush, string-laden cover, including a flute solo, made her own more sparse version sound "like a demo".

According to musicologist James E. Perone, the lyrics describe someone recovering from a relationship that has ended.

"[3] Jazz organist Richard "Groove" Holmes recorded an instrumental version on his 1973 album Night Glider.

The band Dishwalla covered the song on the 1994 tribute album, If I Were a Carpenter.