Song Information
The track was written, produced and performed by Babyface and includes American singer Mariah Carey performing backing vocals, one year after Babyface did the same for her on "Melt Away", a track written and produced by both, included on her album Daydream. It also has a participation by Kenny G playing sax. This collaboration with Kenny G was labeled as a "mismatch" on the Entertainment Weekly review of The Moment, the 1996 release by Kenny G, which also includes this song. However, in the same review by J.D. Considine finds this song a great tune that no doubt it will sound great on the radio. On the Allmusic review, this track was awarded with 3 stars out of 5.
At the 40th Grammy Awards this song received a nomination for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance, which it lost to "Candle in the Wind" by Elton John. For the music video of this single, Babyface received a MTV Video Music Award nomination for Best Male Video, losing to "Devil's Haircut" by Beck.
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