Songfacts®:

• Tom Jones' version of this Randy Newman song was recorded with the Welsh band Stereophonics for his 1999 Reload album. Produced by Steve Bush and Marshall Bird (AKA "Bird & Bush") it peaked at #4 on the UK singles chart in 2000.
• After a lengthy absence from the music charts for several years, Jones resurrected his career with Reload. The album featured 15 cover versions and 2 original tracks ("Sexbomb", "Looking Out My Window") recorded as duets with current artists. Reload became the highest seller of Jones' career, reaching #1 on the British charts in 1999 and again in 2000.
• Jones recalled recording this song in an interview with The Mail On Sunday February 6, 2011: "In the studio, the band's singer Kelly Jones was in one booth and I was in the other one, and we were looking at each other as we were singing it. I loved it because I felt as if I was singing with somebody who was like me when I was young. It seemed that nothing had really changed in South Wales."
• During an interview on BBC Radio 2, Kelly Jones recalled an incident when his neighbor asked him to "Turn down the Tom Jones records" only to find it was actually the real Tom Jones singing in is kitchen.