Hopper wrote the song in the mid-1960s and it was originally recorded by his group The Wilde Flowers, although their versions were not released until many years later.

[8] The song has also been covered by The Mars Volta, which was included as a bonus track on some versions of their album The Bedlam in Goliath.

"Memories" marked Siti Nurhaliza as the second Malaysian artist to have a digital duet with a deceased musician, the first being KRU, a music group that in 1997 rerecorded a song that was performed by Tan Sri P. Ramlee, "Getaran Jiwa" ("Spiritual Vibrations")[12] for the 1960 movie Antara Dua Darjat.

[13] In the same month, Siti Nurhaliza revealed that she will have a special two-day concert organized by Yonder Music at the Plenary Hall of Kuala Lumpur Convention Center (KLCC) on 5 and 6 March 2016.

[10] It was revealed that when Siti was asked by Kidron who are her favorite singers, she disclosed to him that she is a fan of P. Ramlee, Celine Dion and Whitney Houston.

[10] While donning a striped sequin gold dress with a red base and side panels by Rizman Ruzaini,[17] Siti performed "Memories" as a "digital duet" right in front of more than 7000 people who attended the concert that night.

Siti Athirah Dzulkifly of Utusan Malaysia called the duet as "unique",[19] Bissme S. of The Sun reviewed it as "one of the highlights of the night",[10] and Jemang Rahman of mStar praised it as "Siti continues to spellbind thousands of her audience with her impressive vocals"[20][c] and the performance "will be remembered by the audience".

[7] Directed by Anusha Peterson with the original concept by Adam Kidron,[7] the music video for "Memories" was recorded at the end of the Dato' Siti Nurhaliza & Friends Concert on 2 April 2016.

The music video begins with audio and visual movie projector effects where places where Houston grew up in East Orange, New Jersey[26] are shown – including images of New Hope Baptist Church, Dodd Street road sign (where her childhood home is located),[27] her former elementary school, Franklin School (renamed to Whitney E. Houston Academy of Creative and Performing Arts in 1997)[27] and her childhood home.

[27] In the next scene, a young Houston is shown to preparing herself in front of a mirror before heading outside of her childhood home where a taxi is waiting for her, ready to take her to a recording studio.

The music video ends with Siti concluding the performance and a picture of Houston is shown right behind her on the large backdrop to the cheers of the audience who are in attendance.