Carole King was asked to write and record the end title song to the film A League of Their Own by Penny Marshall, the director of the movie.

As the end title section is a very prestigious part of a movie, Carole King gladly accepted the offer.

Penny Marshall stated that a problem had occurred: Madonna was in the movie and was entitled under her contract to record the end title song.

Kara Manning in a 1993 Rolling Stone review described the song as "replete with wistful vocals encircling deceptively simple melodies.

[2] In a 2009 NPR interview, a phone caller reminded Carole King that the song and the film A League of Their Own was one of her and her grandmother's favorites.