Elektra Records released it in Washington's 1980 album Winelight and as a February 1981 single.

The song propelled Winelight's success, often credited for leading to the 1980s smooth jazz explosion.

The song reached number 2 on the US Billboard Hot 100, staying there for three weeks, behind "Morning Train (9 to 5)" by Sheena Easton and "Bette Davis Eyes" by Kim Carnes.

"Just the Two of Us" was covered by Japanese singer Toshinobu Kubota as a duet with Caron Wheeler in 1991, for his album Kubojah: Parallel World I.

[citation needed] In 1996, Toshi Kubota and Caron Wheeler shot a music video for the song.

[34] The title was popularized in France to be the main music for advertising campaigns for Caprice des Dieux cheese since 2009.

[35] It was later used on an ad for Marvel Studios' Deadpool & Wolverine which featured Heineken Silver.