Chart performance:
| Week | Position | Movement | Comments |
| 30-Sep-83 | 30 | New | |
| 07-Oct-83 | 25 | +5 | Star rater |
| 14-Oct-83 | 25 | 0 | |
| 21-Oct-83 | 24 | +1 | |
| 28-Oct-83 | 23 | +1 | Peak |
| 04-Nov-83 | 23 | 0 | Peak |
| 11-Nov-83 | 27 | -4 | |
| 18-Nov-83 | 29 | -2 |
Written by: Marvin Gaye, Barrett Strong & Norman Whitfield
Produced by: Laurie Latham
South African record label (unless otherwise stated): CBS
| Hit number for artist | 1 |
| Peak position | 23 |
| Weeks | 8 |
| Biggest climber awards | 0 |
| Star rater climbs | 1 |
| Biggest faller awards | 0 |
| Top 20 points | N/A |
| Overall Top 20 points ranking | N/A |
| Top 20 points ranking for the artist | N/A |
| Top 30 Points | 42 |
| Overall Top 30 points ranking | =2199 |
| Top 30 points ranking for the artist | 2 |
Annual ranking:
| 1983 | 98 |
Other chart success:
| Australia | 9 |
| Belgium | 37 |
| Canada | 26 |
| Germany | 19 |
| Ireland | 1 |
| Netherlands | 48 |
| New Zealand | 4 |
| Sweden | 8 |
| UK | 1 |
| US | 70 |
| Zimbabwe | 8 |
SA Radio charts:
| Capital 604 | 1 |
| Radio 5 | 1 |
| Radio 702 | 20 |
The song was first recorded by Marvin Gaye in 1962 and ended up being the b-side of his single ‘Too Busy Thinking ‘Bout My Baby’ (a US number 4 and UK number 5 hit). That version was much more up-tempo than Young’s. When looking for material for his debut album, ‘No Parlez, Young remembered the Marvin Gaye b-side from when he was a boy of 14 and dug out the old single. His version would sell over half a million copies in the UK and would feature in the 1986 film ‘Ruthless People’ which starred Danny DeVito and Bette Midler (as a side note, The Rolling Stones’ Mick Jagger would sing the title song for the film and that would get to 51 on the Billboard Hot 100).
Video:
Artist link: Paul Young
SA Singles Charts 