Song written by John Anderson & Lionel Delmore, was recorded by John Anderson, for the Warner Bros. label in June 1982, at the Columbia Recording Studio B, 34 Music Sq. East, Nashville, TN, with the production of John Anderson & Frank Jones was released on January 10, 1983. On March 26, it reached number # 1 on lists of US Hot Country Songs, it remained 22 weeks on a chart. At Canadian RPM Country Tracks, it reached number # 4. Received a Single of the Year award from the Country Music Association , and It was the second number one of John Anderson’s career.
The song was included in John Anderson’s fourth studio album, Wild & Blue (Warner Bros 1982), the album was released on September 15, 1982, it reached # 3 on the US Top Country Albums charts. The album was certified gold record. Anderson re-recorded the song for his 1994 album Country ’til I Die on BNA Records.
Deana Carter recorded duo song with John Anderson for his album, The Chain (Vanguard 2007).
And in 2013 he recorded the song for the Super Zeroes soundtrack – Get Awesome (Average Joes Ent. 2013), he recorded it with Colt Ford.
Versions:
Carl Perkins 1985 (Dot Records)
Cledus T. Judd 1995 (Razor & Tie)
Deana Carter & John Anderson 2007 (Vanguard)
Scotty McCreery 2011 (19 Recordings)
LeAnn Rimes 2011 (Curb Records)
John Anderson & Colt Ford 2013 (Average Joes Ent)
Red Marlow 2017 (Republic Records)