On the first single release, it reached number 81 on the UK Singles Chart, but after her successful cover version of "You Might Need Somebody" in 1997, it was re-released in August of that year and peaked at number three, becoming her highest-charting hit in the UK.

British magazine Music Week rated the song four out of five, adding, "Seventeen-year-old Ama shows maturity beyond her years with a classy, soulful performance on this debut single.

"[2] A reviewer from Sunday Mirror said after the re-release of the single, following "You Might Need Somebody", "She could have been a one-hit wonder but on this showing young Shola has got legs.

"[4] A music video was produced to promote the single, directed by Randee St.

Apparently sad by this, Ama lights up again when he suddenly reappears on the other side of the window, looking at her.