The song was given by Hornsby[clarification needed] to his friend Lewis and it appeared on the group's 1986 album Fore!.

[1] It was the third single released from the album, and topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart for a week in March 1987.

[2] Billboard magazine wrote that the song is "insightful" and "wrestles with spiritual issues.

"[4] A music video was filmed of the band performing the song in a live concert shot at the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena on December 31, 1986.

[citation needed] Bruce Hornsby later recorded his own rendition of the song for his 1988 album, Scenes from the Southside.