It was released as the first single from their 1983 Ark reunion effort.
It is also their only entry on the Billboard Mainstream Rock, peaking at No.
Eric Burdon wrote this song with John Sterling, who gave it to him after he wrote the initial music and lyrics about his wife Eva who was visiting her family in Sweden.
John talked with her on the phone every night during her absence.
[citation needed] The video clip for MTV was shot on July 21, 1983.