It was a hit single in 1967 for the American girl group The Marvelettes for the Motown label, from their self-titled album released that same year.

The song is written in the first person, from the point of view of someone who has "laid such a tender trap" to catch a lover.

Lead singer Wanda Young-Rogers (wife of Miracles member Bobby Rogers) talks about how she had been stalking her lover, having to learn his "ways and habits" so she could plan how to catch him.

There is also a different last verse on some of the reissues, leading to the assumption that Smokey recorded the song much longer than any of the issued versions.

[3] In 1980, Jamaican singer Grace Jones remade the song and had minor success with her version in the US.