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Recorded for Cheryl Lynn’s Preppie album, with Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis handling the title track’s production. The album credits list Fiddler’s Studio in Hollywood, California as the recording studio. Released in 1983 on Columbia, it became the standout single from Preppie and gave Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis their first No. 1 R&B hit as producers and writers. It also crossed to the Billboard Hot 100 and became a notable dance-club record. The song remained one of Cheryl Lynn’s best-known 1980s records and continued to circulate through later best-of and digital releases. It has also been sampled in multiple later tracks, showing a durable presence in R&B and dance music memory.