It features the title track (with Michael Jackson on vocals in the chorus), as well as the US top 40 hit "Obscene Phone Caller".

However the next two singles, the power ballad "Knife" and a cover of the Beatles' "Taxman" failed to reach the top 40.

[3] One night, Singleton overheard Kennedy working on the track, "Somebody's Watching Me" and believed it was a song worthy of recording.

[3] Once the track was mixed, Singleton could not wait to play it for Berry Gordy, who thought one of the voices sounded familiar, but could not identify it.

AllMusic's Rick A. Bueche called the record "an impressive debut set with an emphasis on rock instrumentals."