Berlin worked with Canadian producer Bob Ezrin on the album. The producer, best known for his work with Alice Cooper or KISS, gave the record a radically different 80's pop-rock guitar sound than Berlin's previous releases, which had a more new wave/synthpop sound. Berlin singer Terri Nunn and their label, Geffen Records, were approving of the change of sound, but it did not sit well with founding member John Crawford and drummer Rob Brill, who wrote the song. The recording of the album wasn't a relaxed affair, as differences of opinion between band members plagued the recording sessions. These clashes were further exacerbated by the recording of the group's previous single, the worldwide #1 hit "Take My Breath Away", from the soundtrack of the film Top Gun, which Nunn was eager to record, while the other two members were not excited about due to the song not being written by them (it was done by Giorgio Moroder), and with a sound not representative of the band.

The music video sees the band singing at the top of a mountain, it was filmed at the Red Rock Canyon, Nevada.

"Like Flames" was released as the lead-off single of the album in October, 1986, and, following up "Take My Breath Away", a #1 record in September of that year, was expected to do well. However, the record and the album did not find chart success, peaking at #82 in the USA, becoming their last chart hit in that country. In Europe, the record performed better on the strength of "Take My Breath Away", achieving top 20 places in some countries, but still it was only a moderate hit. In the UK, "Like Flames" was released as the second single off the album in March 1987, following "You Don't Know", which was released as the next single elsewhere. It peaked at #47 there.

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