"In 1983 there was a corporate sweep at Warner's, coming from upstairs, and they needed to trim the fat," Raitt recalled in 1990.

"I just had completed an album called Tongue & Groove, which was produced by Rob Fraboni, who had also done Green Light.

And I don't think they maliciously said, 'Let's let her finish her album and get the tour all lined up and print the covers and hire the people to do the video and then drop her.'

I had already finished the album once, and [Warner's claimed] the Jerry Williams tune would be more commercial if it didn't have quite as reggae a beat.

I think I suffered from not having a relationship with the A&R department there, because I had an independent production deal..." Raitt could have purchased the master tapes and released the album elsewhere, but Warner's asking price was considered too high.