Years ago, Steve had a pretty popular band in the San Francisco Bay Area, and due to their draw and style of music, used to headline and open shows all over Northern California. Many shows were played with Chris Isaak, and Steve wrote this with Chris in mind. However, due to the rules of his record label at the time, Chris was not permitted to accept unpublished music from anyone outside his "circle". So, Steve recorded it himself.
The beach at night, haunted by a lost love, longing, heartache...and that big Emin chord played on a Gretsch guitar drenched in reverb. (And is that someone whistling in the distance?)