The film was the second of three collaborations of Gilda Radner and Gene Wilder. Their other films were Hanky Panky, Uma Dupla em Apuros (1982) and Lua de Mel Assombrada (1986). While in France to promote this film, the pair took a brief break from their professional duties and quietly married.
The film has been memorable due to its theme tune "I Just Called to Say I Love You" sung by Stevie Wonder which won the Academy Award for Best Song. The soundtrack was also composed by Wonder and also featured performances by Dionne Warwick.
Due to its success at the box office, the picture has been attributed as the initiator of a Hollywood cycle, even Hollywood practice, of remaking various French films, particularly comedies, for an American version.