 Young envisaged the song as a low-key acoustic ballad (in the style of The Beatles "Strawberry Fields Forever") and he originally intended it for his friend and fellow singer Ronnie Burns.Young was practising the song in a dressing room during taping of TV pop music show "Uptight" when pop producer and fellow "Go-Set" writer Ian Meldrum heard it.Meldrum (who was also manager for solo singer Russell Morris (ex-Somebody's Image) was greatly impressed by the song and immediately insisted that Young cut a demo of it for Morris.