Co-written by Bloom with Jeff Barry, it became a hit and reached the Cash Box, Billboard and Record World charts early the following year.
[5] A Single Pick in the December 9 issue of Record World, the reviewer said "that "Montego Bay" man is back and called the song a "brilliant job".
[7] It was in the Also Recommended section of the Billboard Radio Action and Pick Singles page for the week of December 16, 1978.
[9][10] The following week (Feb 3) it had entered the Cash Box Top 100 Singles chart at no.
[24][25] Trini Lopez recorded a version that was released in October 1975 as "Sha-La-Boom-Boom-Yeah".
It received a positive review in the October 25 issue of Cash Box with the reviewer saying that Lopez had voice that made a huge contribution to the recording industry and this song could be another "La Bamba".
The producer on Lopez's release was Capitol Records' former A&R director Stan Silverberg.