One example is by Sugar Cane who kept with the Jamaican tropical theme when they followed up their on hit "Montego Bay"[6][7][8] with their version of this song, with the spelling of the title as "Valhevala".
Messina told Reynolds that he thought Michael Omartian could handle it and from his memory, Omaritan, "being the virtuoso he is, was able to pick up the sticks, and within a few hours, had it down."
The reviewer said that it was in essence a sea shanty type of song with the harmonies being of a CSN&Y flavor and that it couldn't help but grow on you (referring to radio DJs) and listeners.
[15] The February 12 issue of Billboard noted that Bobby Cole of FM station, KSAN in San Francisco, California reported that Loggins & Messina cuts "Nobody But You" and "Vahevella" were seeing action.
[16] The following week the magazine noted that Ed Sciaky of WMMR-FM in Philadelphia had reported action on three songs from the Sittin' In album, "Nobody But You," "Vahevella Back to Georgia", and Hauseat Pooh Corner".
[17] Also in the same issue Ron Berger of WHCN-FM in Hartford reported action on the album cuts "Trilogy", "Nobody But You", "Back To Georgia" and "Vahevella".
[18] On the week of March 4, Billboard noted that Dex Bott of WLSU, (Louisiana State University) reported play on "Vahevella".
[19] Also in the same issue there was action on the cuts "Danny's Song," "Vahevella," "Lovin' Me," "Back to Georgia" on stations WCBS-FM and WKTK-FM.
[20] It was noted by Record World in the March 25 issue that the song was on the playlist of WCFL in Chicago,[21] where it peaked at no.
[35][36] On the week ending April 22, the song made its debut in the Cash Box Top 100 chart at no.
[43] Kenny Loggins as a solo artist performed the song at the Universal Amphitheatre in Los Angeles in September, 1979.