Released as the lead single of her debut album, Beverley Craven, in 1990, the song initially failed to chart.

It was successful across Europe, peaking at number two in Belgium and entering the top 10 in France, Ireland, and the Netherlands.

The song became popular with loved ones of military personnel deployed to Iraq during the Gulf War.

[1] David Giles of Music Week stated that "on the evidence of this single, [Craven] is aimed at a Kate Bush level of epic grandeur, and, although the arrangement is classic enough, she lacks Bush's melodic inventiveness".

Other cover versions are by Jodie Brooke Wilson, Hind, Lutricia McNeal, Sandy Lam, Tabea, and by Rosa López who released a Spanish version (titled "Júrame") in 2008; a more faithful Spanish version was named "Entre tú y yo" and was performed by Mexican actress Chantal Andere in 1992 for her second album and as the main title song of the telenovela Triángulo.