 Eaton wrote the song in October 1989, and took his original version of the song with him to a Christmas party to show to Richard.Eaton had been warned that all of Richard's songs for the following year were already booked in and there wouldn't be any space for it.However, Eaton insisted that Richard listen to the tape he brought along, and so they left the party and listened to it in Richard's Rolls-Royce.