I don't remember ever hearing the song, so basically have no idea. As you, I am more a fan of the 70's music, and even the 60's, etc. I'm not very familiar with a lot of the pop/rock music in the 80's. I do like some of it, but not very much.
I did a google search on this song, and it seems that it was first released about 1986 or so and basically bombed! It was then later re-released in 1989 under a different name, etc., and did pretty good.
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