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Marx wrote the song in just 20 minutes as a letter to his then-girlfriend (and later wife), actress Cynthia Rhodes .

Rhodes was in South Africa filming a movie, and Marx wrote the song after his visa application to visit her was rejected.

Named the most popular love song on Spotify UK for Valentine's Day 2013.

While "fileshare" isn't part of the title, it often appears in search queries because Richard Marx was famously involved in a high-profile . In 2009, he expressed shame after a woman was fined $1.92 million for sharing 24 songs on Kazaa , one of which was his track "Now and Forever". The Story Behind "Right Here Waiting"