it was the first of three successive number one country hits and four consecutive number one adult contemporary hits during 1979 and 1980. though murray loves the song, she is quoted in "the billboard book of number one adult contemporary hits" as saying she was surprised at its success on the country charts, as she didn't feel the song sounded very "country". nevertheless, "billboard" ranked it as the number one country hit of 1979. murray included the song as a posthumous duet with dusty springfield on her own 2007 album "".