Pan-European magazine Music & Media wrote that "this ear-grabbing semi-ballad [...] will absolutely invoke a positive reaction from your audience."[ 1]
Michael Bolton - vocals
Walter Afanasieff - synthesized bass, keyboards, synthesizers, drums, percussion
Michael Landau - electric guitar
Gary Cirimelli - Synclavier programming
Ren Klyce - Akai AX60 and Fairlight CMI programming
Greg "Gigi" Gonaway - timbales
Kitty Beethoven, Larry Batiste, Sandy Griffith, Chris Hawkins, Jeanie Tracy, Michael Bolton - backing vocals
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