The song, produced by Spector, was initially released as a single on Philles Records (#115) in July 1963 by The Crystals.

The lead vocal was sung by Dolores "LaLa" Brooks, the Wall of Sound arrangement was by Jack Nitzsche, featuring The Wrecking Crew, and Larry Levine was the engineer.

Cash Box described it as "a captivating, quick moving, full sounding romantic that sports a sensational arrangement by Jack 'Specs' Nitzsche.

Beyond title and gender changes, new lyrics were written retelling the story of the Crystals' song from the boyfriend's point of view.

The reason for the hold up with a new single has simply been that we wanted to give our public the best and the best isn't ready yet.

The B-side of the single was "Mountain of Love", a song off the band's 1965 Beach Boys' Party!