Jimmy Ienner, the producer of Carmen's band from his early career, The Raspberries, asked him to sing this song for the Dirty Dancing album because he was familiar with Carmen's musical style. Carmen was initially hesitant to produce a song for another film sound track because he believed that soundtrack music died "horrible deaths".
Jimmy Ienner, who produced Carmen's band The Raspberries in their early days, asked him to sing this song for the Dirty Dancing album because he knew Carmen's musical style. Carmen was hesitant to contribute a song to another film soundtrack because he thought that music for films often died out quickly and poorly.