 According to Barry Eastmond, the song was inspired by an incident involving Ocean's hit song of the previous year, "Suddenly".Eastmond told Fred Bronson in "The Billboard Book of Number One Hits" about a friend of his wife's who had recently broken up with a long-term boyfriend.While at a party given by her new boyfriend, the song "Suddenly," which reminded her of her previous boyfriend, was played, and she broke down in tears.