It was a top-ten single in January 1985 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and Canadian pop charts, peaking at No.

[4] B-side "Bebop" has been described by Lennon as "almost like a Soul Jackson song".

[5] The music video for the song was directed by Sam Peckinpah,[6] and produced by Martin Lewis.

[7] It was co-written by Lennon, Justin Clayton and Carlton Morales and recorded at Muscle Shoals Sound Studios in Sheffield, Alabama.

Cash Box said that the song "recalls [John Lennon's] vocal phrasing and melodic arrangement but establishes the young songwriter as an independent and sophisticated artist" and "achieves a quality of Elton John pop.