 Written and produced by R. Kelly, the R&B ballad describes the agony of a break-up.The song was well received by music critics, who were complimentary about Kelly's production.The single reached the top-ten in Iceland, Ireland and the United Kingdom, and the top-twenty in six countries, including Canada and the United States, where it shot to number 19 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 and number 9 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs during the summer of 1997.