She also warns Derek not to follow Malakai, knowing that he may lose his chance to attend Georgetown and his future if he is arrested. There are fourteen tracks in total from the soundtrack that have seen some of the music released as singles and earn chart success on the billboards, as well as accolades, nominations, certifications, and awards. It was released in 2001 and became a popular music video on YouTube, as well as one of the tracks featured on the Save the Last Dance soundtrack. The soundtrack has since become certified double-platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and gold by the Australia Recording Industry Association (ARIA). The song served as an eclipse compared to the rest of the music featured on the soundtrack, thanks to its slow and mellow play with lyrics that seemed to be just as meaningful as the song itself.

It spent a total of thirty-nine weeks on the US Billboard Hot 100, peaking as high as number thirteen.Her life takes a turn for the better when befriends Chenille and her brother Derek, who helps her with her dancing skills. After all, the famous NYC school has an extremely low acceptance rate of 8%, beating out a majority of Ivy League Schools. Charles Taylor of Salon wrote, "for all its dumb clichés it offers the basic appeal of teen movies: the pleasure of watching kids be kids, acting as they do among themselves instead of how parents and teachers expect them to act. From there, Sara Johnson meets Derek Reynolds, and the on-screen chemistry of teenage romance blossoms as these two characters contend with bouncing back from a series of adversities, only to become something greater. In the story, Sara Johnson’s first audition into the school fails after learning her mother was killed in an automobile accident on her way to watch her daughter perform.

Dirty dancingflashdancewhite nightspitch perfectsaturday night feverblue skiespulp fictionhigh fidelityclerks 2american piebilly elliotfootloosetrue. In a three-star review, Roger Ebert said that despite the film's clichéd story and romance, "the development is intelligent, the characters are more complicated than we expect, and the ending doesn't tie everything up in a predictable way.

The lyrical tale of a lover making poor decisions that resulted in a breakup he regretted was the theme behind the song. While performing, Derek's ex-girlfriend Nikki interrupts them and begins dancing with Derek, making Sara retreat to the bar. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a 53% approval rating based on 100 reviews, with an average score of 5.