This is one of those moments on record proving that if he had never cut another record Delroy Wilson's place in the music hall of merit would have been justified. When, in the mid 1960s, white youth started to go to black night clubs in South London, like the El Partido in Lewisham, and the Ram Jam in Brixton, records like this one that had a distinctly Soul appeal were an instant success with those newcomers to the Jamaican music scene, and from the first bar this cut would compel dancers onto the floor, just as High Heel Sneakers by Tommy Tucker had done for the Mods in the dance halls and clubs two years previously.

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