 He also mentioned that the song "showed a young women [sic] on the cusp of adulthood".The song became a hit based on remix versions Aaliyah cut with R. Kelly featured on the song chanting "this is for the steppers" and earlier saying, "1-2, check up, baby, lemme know what's up" before Aaliyah began singing.The music video was shot back to back with R. Kelly's "Summer Bunnies" and were both released in fall 1994.