<P> The alto saxophone solo on the Boy Meets Girl version was provided in a session recording early in the career of Andy Snitzer who later found success as a solo artist . </P> <P> Merrill and Rubicam decided to record the song themselves for their second album Reel Life . Released as a single on June 10, 1988, it became a hit in the United States, slowly climbing the charts and eventually reaching #1 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary Chart . Released in the UK on November 30, 1988, the song reached #9 in the UK charts during January 1989, having entered the chart in December 1988 . It also reached #35 on Australia's ARIA Charts in April 1989 . </P> <P> The song was used as the closing track to the 1990 movie Three Men and a Little Lady, and the single was re-released as a movie tie - in, with a new picture sleeve featuring the actors of the film . It peaked at #76 in the UK . </P> <P> The video game Grand Theft Auto IV included the song in the playlist for the in - game radio station Vice City FM . </P>

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