It is the final song on his 1968 album The Circle Game and was released as a single in the UK in January 1968 and in the US in April.

[1] His 1968 composition has become an acknowledged standard, with numerous cover versions having been recorded, most notably by The Walker Brothers.

The single would prove to be the group's final taste of commercial success while together, as the parent album and subsequent Walker Brothers releases failed to find a wide audience.

In May 1982, Scottish musician Midge Ure released a cover of the song as his debut solo single.

[12] Reviewing for Record Mirror, Simon Tebbutt described the song as "a brilliant mixture of the big emotional American ballad … with the kind of clean cut and almost cold European precision we've come to associate with Mr Ure.