[7] It was launched at a special event at the Mayfair Club in London, with de Paul looking similar to the 1940s film star Veronica Lake.

[15] The story behind the recording of the album was also discussed in the book Dervish Dust: The Life and Words of James Coburn.

[29] Some years later, de Paul revealed that the song 'Tigers and Fireflies' was about two of her former managers Gordon Mills and Don Arden and is about being cheated and lied to with dazzling promises.

[30][31][32] De Paul had already performed a precursor version of the song with the more telling title "False Friends and Fireflies" and slightly different lyrics on the Des O'Connor Tonight show in October 1977, shown on primetime BBC.

[35][36] Other tracks include "Losin' the Blues for You" (which was the B-side to the single version of "Hollywood Romance")[37][38] and "Melancholy Melon",[39] both co-written by de Paul and her boyfriend at the time,[40][41] the actor James Coburn,[42][43][44] Coburn was around when the album was being recorded, having flown from South America where he was filming Firepower with Sophia Loren.

[49] The album also featured a striking, updated, re-recording of her earlier hit single "My Man and Me" that has a more bluesy feeling than the original ballad.

[51] As noted elsewhere, de Paul's vocals had never sounded stronger, in a style somewhere between Crystal Gayle and Maria Muldaur, in spite of her apparently suffering from a bout of hay fever at the time.

[54][55] Surprisingly, "Hollywood Romance" was not included on Into My Music - since de Paul herself oversaw the selection - and it has yet to be released on CD, although it is available as a mp3 download.