Personnel Franklin's version of the song was featured in the second season of RuPaul's Drag Race, being performed by contestants Jujubee and Tatianna in a "lipsync for your life".

The En Vogue cover was released as the second single from the group's second album, Funky Divas (1992), in June 1992 by EastWest Records, and was also a successful hit.

[5] Larry Flick from Billboard complimented the song as a "lovely, retro-minded pop/R&B ballad", noting that their "remarkable trademark harmonies are always at the forefront of a musical environment that often recalls the early days of Aretha Franklin and Mary Wells."

"[9] Gerald Martinez from New Sunday Times felt the track "sees them singing low and cool, with that classic finger-snapping Motown R&B feel.

"[10] Parry Gettelman from Orlando Sentinel viewed it as "exemplary", adding that the "four superb voices" of En Vogue "unleash full gospel fervor" on the song.

[11] Cheo H. Coker from Stanford Daily declared it as "fabulous", adding, "No corn, just the sounds of sultry singing matched with sparse, yet solid, instrumentation.

"[12] In a 2017 retrospective review, Quentin Harrison from Albumism remarked that En Vogue's version restored the song to its girl group roots and brought it forward into a new decade, "reverently, but boldly.

"[13] AllMusic editor Jose F. Promis declared it as a "sophisticated" and "shimmering ghetto love fable", initially popularized by Aretha Franklin.