"The Promise" was written and recorded in a small garden shed turned into a studio at the home of vocalist Clive Farrington's father. The space was so tiny that they had to attach the keyboards vertically to the walls to fit everything!
Released in 1988 as the debut single for When In Rome, it became #1 on the American Dance Chart, #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and one of the biggest one-hit wonders of the 80s.