It was released in August 1997 as the second single from Black's album Nothin' but the Taillights and peaked at number 2 on the U.S.

[1] The song explores the complexities of romantic relationships and offers the simple truth that "Love isn't something that we're in/It's something that we do."

It is sung in the key of G major and a slow tempo of 66 beats per minute.

[2] Deborah Evans Price, of Billboard magazine reviewed the song favorably, saying that the song "has a powerful and poignant poetic tone that illuminates more about the nature of love and relationships in a few minutes than several books on the subject ever could."

Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of August 30, 1997.