THE YEAR IS 1980!
- The Romantics, so named because they formed on Valentine’s Day 1977 in Detroit, have had only two US Top 40 hits – and this, now their best-known song, wasn’t one of them. Nearly ten years later, it would be a song selected for businesses to use on advertising such as Budweiser beer. It also became a very popular song to hear at sporting events.
- In another ironic twist, the licensing of this song for advertising, the very thing that sparked the song’s comeback, was apparently handled illegally. It was secured from the band’s management without the band’s knowledge or approval, which sparked a lawsuit lasting several years.
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The Romantics, who were often compared to The Knack when this song was released, were a four-piece that split lead vocals between their guitarist Wally Palmar and drummer Jimmy Marinos, and it was Marinos who sang lead on this one.
Marinos and Palmar wrote this song with their other guitarist, Mike Skill.
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