In later games, Bowser is revealed to have romantic feelings for Peach, and his motives shift to winning her hand in marriage. In Paper Mario, Peach even discovers Bowser's feelings in his diary. In Peach's case, she does not feel the same way, refusing to marry him in Super Paper Mario and Super Mario Odyssey.

The song is a piano ballad in which Bowser, Jack Black's character in The Super Mario Bros. Movie, expresses his love for Princess Peach. The film's initial draft did not incorporate a musical background for Bowser.

By the end of the game, it is revealed that Princess Peach is not, in fact, Bowser Jr.'s mom, but plenty of Mario fans think that the fact that Peach doesn't immediately naysay the possibility that she could have had Bowser's child serves as evidence that the princess and Bowser have had romantic relations.

Over on TikTok, there's at least one “interpretative dance” inspired by the song, along with an investigation into whether “Peaches” intentionally borrows from Rick Astley's “Never Gonna Give You Up,” a.k.a. the “Rickroll” song.