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. It was written by Ruffo, Michael Tan, Cliff Raux, and Gary Pinto, and produced by Michael Tan and Louis Schoorl. It was released on 12 July 2013.

Background

While talking about the track, Ruffo said "If you listen to the artists that influenced me –

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– and you listen to their vocal production, it's really intricate. We really tried to emulate the sound of a Quincy Jones-type production on this song. The idea was trying to bring some of the old skool vibe back, and I think that's sort of making a return with artists like Bruno Mars,

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/ Pharrell and Robin Thicke anyway. In that sense it's actually the perfect time to release a song like this."

Promotion

Ruffo did a number of in-store performances in Westfield throughout July in Victoria,

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as well as a performance on '' Sunrise'' on July 25, 2013.

Charts

Release history

References

{{Reflist 2013 songs 2013 singles Johnny Ruffo songs Sony Music Australia singles Songs written by Gary Pinto