The song was written by English singer-songwriter Raymond Froggatt and produced by Howard Gable.
[2] In 1969, Morris travelled to London to promote his track "The Real Thing" with UK label Decca Records.
Morris returned to Melbourne in December 1969 and immediately set about fresh recording sessions with EMI and re-recorded of "Rachel".It was released as a single in April 1970, peaking at number 23.
The single's fate was in part determined, as that of many other single releases at the time, by the controversial 1970 radio ban which resulted in major United Kingdom and Australian pop songs being refused airplay, including Morris' EMI.
The original release of "Rachel" was in November 1968 by British singer Dave Justin on an unsuccessful Polydor UK single.