Born Marie Dionne Warrick, her last name was misspelled on the label of her first single, "Don't Make Me Over," so she started using the incorrect "Warwick." She added an "E" to her last name in the early 1970s on the advice of a psychic claiming that the extra letter would give her "positive energy" and "great success." Her string of hits (22 Top 40s in eight years) suddenly stopped - she had only one Top 40 hit with the modified name, and THAT was a collaboration with the Spinners ("Then Came You") when they were red-hot. The extra "E" was removed when she changed record labels in 1979 - and the hits resumed. — By Songfacts

Tones and I (Toni Watson) started her solo music career as a busker playing for tips at Byron Bay in New South Wales. That led to her meeting her manager, Jackson Walkden-Brown, and signing to Bad Batch Records/Sony Music Australia. She wrote this song while quarantining at home in Melbourne as she reflected on her journey from street busker to Platinum-selling musician. — By Songfacts