Released on September 5, 1964, Josie 923 spent 15 weeks on the charts, reaching number 2 on November 7, held out of the top spot by "Baby Love", the second number 1 hit for The Supremes, which spent four weeks in the top spot. "Last Kiss" would spend eight weeks in the top ten; the record selling over one million copies, and propelling the resulting album onto the album charts. The Le Cam #722-A disc running time is noted as 2m 14s, while both the Tamara Records #761 release and the Josie Records #923 platter have a time of 2m 25s, an 11-second difference.