Although Barbra Streisand had an Easy Listening hit in 1972 with "Sing", Karen and Richard Carpenter heard the song for the first time as guests on ABC television special "Robert Young with the Young" in 1973. They loved it and felt it could be a hit. It acted as their debut single from the LP album "Now & Then", released in 1973. It reached number three on the "Billboard" Hot 100 chart and number-one on the easy listening chart, and it became the group's seventh gold single.