Upon its single release, Record World called it "an extraordinarily reproduced and newly arranged version of this very funny song with a funky melody line and unique Newman vocalizing.

"[2] According to a retrospective AllMusic review by Mark Deming, the song is a "potent mid-tempo rock tune" and a "witty and willfully perverse bit of erotic absurdity".

35 on Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks,[7] and it was featured in the 1986 Adrian Lyne film 9½ Weeks during Kim Basinger's striptease scene.

[10] Tom Jones covered the song for the soundtrack of the 1997 British film The Full Monty, and it is included in the subsequent 2013 play of the same name.

72 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart from unsolicited airplay and was included on his 2002 compilation, This Is Ty Herndon: Greatest Hits.