The song was written by Ben Raleigh and Sherman Edwards, while production was helmed by Mitch Miller.

[1] In the United States, the song peaked at number 14 on the Billboard charts.

In the United Kingdom, Ronnie Hilton recorded a version that reached number 27 on the UK Singles Chart.

[7] A cover of the song was created for the X-Files episode "Home".

David Nutter, an X-Files producer, originally planned to record the cover himself as he also had a background in music but in the end, another singer was hired because he sounded more like Mathis than Nutter did.