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To promote the release, Lorenz performed on the British television program GMTV and starred in a music video.

It reached number forty-six on Billboard's Hot R&B Singles in the United States and gained success on dance music charts in other regions.

[10] To support the single, Lorenz performed live on British television network ITV's morning program GMTV.

Lorenz, Carey, Mark C. Rooney, Patrique McMillan, and Karen Anderson provided background vocals.

[15] John Martinucci of the Gavin Report considered the track's production "punchy"[9] and Johnny Dee of Smash Hits said it "bumps along in a meaty big and bouncy funky way".

[4] Rooney and Mark Morales, Speech, Michael Brauer, Masters at Work, and the Characters produced R&B, hip hop, and house music remixes of the single.

[a] Music Week writer Bob Jones gauged it as "great"[21] and Dave Sholin called it a "winner" in the Gavin Report.

[25] It reached the top forty on the primary New Zealand and United Kingdom singles charts (numbers thirty-one and thirty-eight, respectively).

[33][34] It peaked at number eleven on the European Dance Radio list produced by Music & Media and the American Club Play chart published by Billboard.