This song was a modest hit in 1984, but its bassline went big time. That bass groove, played by session man Nathan East, was sampled by Eric B. & Rakim on their 1987 hip-hop landmark "Paid In Full," which lead to many samples and interpolations over the next several years. In the late '80s and early '90s, rhythmic pop songs of many stripes used variations of the bassline, often offset by a trebly beat.
In 1968, Dennis Edwards replaced David Ruffin in The Temptations, handling lead vocals on many classics, including "I Can't Get Next To You" and "Cloud Nine." He left the group in 1983 and released his debut solo album, Don't Look Any Further, the following year, with the title track the first single. It was by far his biggest solo hit - his only single to chart on the Hot 100 or UK Singles chart. Edwards returned to The Temptations in 1987, but left in 1989. He later toured as "The Temptations Review featuring Dennis Edwards."
The song was written by Franne Golde, Duane Hitchings and Dennis Lambert, and produced by Lambert. It finds the couple looking forward to a romantic interlude, with Edwards letting her know that she need look no further for "a man to take over."
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