Lyrically, the song was written about seeing a girl from one's window as she passes by in a car, an image that Crenshaw later said was inspired by his youth.

The single reached number 10 on the Billboard Bubbling Under charts in the US,[2][3] becoming a radio hit on college circuits.

"[6] Mike Long of The Denver Post called it one "the killers from his self-titled debut," while Roger Catlin of The Hartford Courant named it as a "great song.

He explained, "I cut the time in half, like I'm doing with a bunch of songs — not to slow it down, but to reinterpret it from a groove standpoint."

A live version of the track performed with the Bottle Rockets in Chicago has been released on the I Don't See You Laughing Now EP.