Although "Bette of Roses" met with generally positive reviews on its release, it proved to be Midler's lowest-charting studio album since 1983's new wave/rock-influenced "No Frills", peaking at No. 45 on "Billboards album chart and No. 55 in the UK. This resulted in the release of a radically remixed dance version of Maria McKee's country rock ballad "To Deserve You", which more or less only retained the lead vocals and a sample of the spoken line ""I would die for you"" from the album version, which had been arranged by the composer herself. The original backing track was replaced with a 123 BPM mid-'90s dance production in the style of house music remixers like Shep Pettibone, Frankie Knuckles and Junior Vasquez, although it in fact had been remixed and re-produced by Arif Mardin himself. The promo video was also re-edited and re-released, then using the dance remix instead of the original "Bette of Roses" recording. In Europe, Australia and New Zealand the remix single was issued to promote Atlantic/Warner Music's expanded re-release of Midler's 1993 hits compilation '—on which it was placed as the opening track—instead of the actual "Bette of Roses" album. Although notably different to Midler's original recording of the song and indeed the whole "Bette of Roses" album project as such, the dance remix of "To Deserve You" proved to be one of the biggest commercial successes of her musical career as the track became a major dancefloor hit in the US in early 1996, reaching No. 1 on the Hot Dance Club Play chart.