It appeared on the soundtrack for the German feature film Zweiohrküken (2009) and its "original version" was included on the deluxe edition of the band's tenth studio album Cast in Steel (2015).

The song received generally positive reviews from music critics, who went on to praise Morten Harket's vocal range on the track.

[7] It was considered one of the most traditional pop songs on the album, with instrumentation consisting in guitar, bass, drums and piano backbone.

"[10] Chris Gerard of PopMatters praised the track, calling it "brilliant",[11] while Chi Ming Lai of The Electricity Club noted that the song "captured the combination of heartfelt melancholy and emotive melodies that A-HA have always done best."

[12] Nikk Gunns of Get Ready to Rock gave the song a rating of 3 stars, remarking that "the album version has a sparser feel to it, the single has been re-mixed to sound more like the band’s earlier hits - a good idea as [...] the current nostalgia for all things ‘80’s will have no doubt been taken into consideration.

"[14] In a similar mode, Mayer Nassim wrote for Digital Spy that the song "lack[s] the oomph needed to elevate them from the realms of the ordinary and at times the melodies drift dangerously close to the middle of the road.

"[15] The music video was shot in Germany by director Uwe Flade and was made commercially available on a German special edition of Foot of the Mountain (2009).