The record was ranked number 23 on the Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1970.
The recording was a collaboration between Melanie and the Edwin Hawkins Singers, who had reached the national Top Ten the previous year with "Oh Happy Day".
The song describes what she felt as she looked out at the sea of people in the audience.
Australian singer Max Sharam released the song as a single from her 1995 album, A Million Year Girl.
[13] American singer Meredith Brooks recorded a version in 1999 on her album Deconstruction that was released as a single; it reached No.