Smith had by this time developed health issues which she blamed on being on birth control pills since the age of 14, when she said her relationship with Wyman was illegally consummated; not long after the wedding, she weighed only 80 pounds (36 kg).
Wyman reportedly grew impatient with her health problems and she moved out only weeks after they wed; the marriage officially ended in divorce after 23 months.
[10] Smith was the first artist signed to Waterman's PWL Records — later the UK home of Kylie Minogue and Jason Donovan — after the producer's expectations of a £500,000 deal with a major label failed to materialise.
[10] Smith recorded a hi-NRG cover of Twinkle's 1964 hit "Terry", but the highly publicised project was scrapped at the last minute in favour of an original composition, "I Just Can't Wait".
[10] The song failed to make an impression on the UK pop charts,[11] a result the producers blamed on the hostility of the British media,[10] but it proved a substantial hit in a number of European countries.
[12][13][14] While the song was a commercial disappointment in her home country, the track's Balearic beat version, the "Cool and Breezy Jazz Mix", was critically well received, and has been called "one of the coolest records SAW ever made".
[10] Smash Hits Australia slated the song as "awful [and] mildly suggestive", though songwriter Mike Stock denied that the title was a reference to the scandal surrounding Smith's underage relationship with Bill Wyman.