Written by Dunn along with her brother Chris Waters and songwriter Tom Shapiro, the song is about a flirtatious woman.
Dunn herself described the song as a "lighthearted look at one couple's attempt at dating, handled in an innocent, nonsexual, flirtatious way.
"[3] Kimmy Wix of Cash Box wrote that the song "drives her scorching vocals to an all-time-high performance" and that it "also ranks high on the list with commanding lyrics, spicy instrumentation and a barreling tempo that conjures up a musical storm.
Due to negative feedback from listeners who perceived this lyric as condoning date rape, Dunn sent letters to radio stations and television stations, asking for the single to be withdrawn from rotation.
Despite Dunn's decision to withdraw the song having already been enacted, it increased in airplay for that week, rising from the No.