While Giorgio Moroder had written the music for most of the songs on the album, Cara is credited as the composer on "You Were Made for Me".

Irene Cara had the biggest hit of her career in the spring of 1983 when "Flashdance... What a Feeling" was the number one song on the Billboard Hot 100 for 6 weeks.

[3] The July 28, 1984, issue of Billboard included the debut of "You Were Made for Me" on the magazine's Hot 100, where it spent 5 weeks and peaked at number 78.

"In contrast to her string of high-energy hits from the What a Feelin' LP, this one's a cool, slow ballad that gives Cara the chance to ease into a melody.

"[7] On their page of singles reviews, the song was put into the "Pop Pick" category, which was for "new releases with the greatest chart potential".