as the song was recorded at pitt sound studio, greenville, north carolina, a budget studio, the master tape was long thought to be missing, a story dismissed by original member wayne pittman who believes that abc records took possession of the master and still maintains it. others have claimed that a needle-drop of the north state single was used by abc to create the nationally released hit single. that "master" is now the property of mca records and is leased to other record labels. the group still receives royalties from mca.