Released in 1978 from Gregory Isaacs's Cool Ruler album, the song features in McQueen's second of the five episodes, "Lovers Rock", inspired by the genre of romantic reggae, which came to prominence in the 1980s.
In an interview with Slate, McQueen discussed his inclusion of Isaacs on Small Axe and noted, "he was one of those men that allowed men to like lovers rock because — his appearance, he's a dude. But he's still talking about his feelings. He's still talking about how he feels about this lady. The tenderness that comes out of his voice is beautiful. You didn't often see those kinds of images of a man — particularly a Black man — and his vulnerability."