Songfacts®:

• In this song, Benson is looking forward to a night on the town. Since it's geared to an adult audience, this night is classy, with wine, dancing, and music. There's also loving in the air, so a little late romance is a strong possibility.
• This was written by Rod Temperton, who wrote some of Michael Jackson's hits, including "Thriller" and "Rock With You." Many of Temperton's songs are about a night out, just with the setting changed. One of his biggest hits is "Boogie Nights," a song he wrote for his band Heatwave. That one is about a disco-rific good evening.
• Quincy Jones produced this track and assembled the top-tier musicians to play on it. There's a lot going on, with different synthesizer sounds, strategic backup vocals, and echo on Benson's guitar riffs. The credits are:
  
  Bass – Abraham Laboriel
  Drums - John Robinson
  Electric Piano – Herbie Hancock
  Guitar – George Benson, Lee Ritenour
  Percussion – Paulinho Da Costa
  Synthesizer Bass – Richard Tee
  Synthesizer – Michael Boddicker
  Trumpet – Jerry Hey
  Saxophone – Kim Hutchcroft, Larry Williams
  
  Backing Vocals – Patti Austin, Diva Gray, Jim Gilstrap, Jocelyn Allen, Tom Bahler
• This won Benson a 1980 Grammy for Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male.
• This is Benson's biggest hit. He started playing guitar at age 8, and was the house guitarist for Creed Taylor's CTI label before he signed with Warner Brothers and released his first solo album in 1976. That album was Breezin', and it became the biggest-selling jazz album in history.
• Patti Austin, who sang backup on this track, got a more prominent role the following year when she sang on "Baby, Come To Me," a duet with James Ingram that was also written by Rod Temperton and produced by Quincy Jones. That song went to #1 in the US.