Written by Peter Kingsbery, the song was recorded in 1984 for the group's self-titled debut album.

The video opens with an old woman stroking her dog; she then comes upon some passers-by and Peter Kingsbery enters the recording studio.

[4][5] In the latter country, it achieved Platinum status,[6] and ranked in the top ten on the 1986 year-end chart.

[14] Regularly aired on radios, it spent 27 weeks on the Eurochart Airplay Top 50 with a peak at number eight twice.

In 2008 Julio Iglesias Jr. sang a Spanish-language version of this song with the name: "Promete decir la verdad".