It was released in February 1997 by Stealth Sonic and Sony Records as the second single from their second studio album, Electro Glide in Blue (1997).

[1] Music Week gave the song four out of five, adding that "the Scouse beat merchants take the Run DMC route by bolting breakbeats on to a Van Halen track and then layering in some spliffy toasting chatter.

They concluded that "anyone who samples Van Halen deserves a good share of this week's votes for that alone, and A440 use this as a basis for several resounding journeys into sound.

"[3] Gerald Martinez from New Sunday Times noted that on the track, the American rock group's "Ain't Talkin' 'bout Love" "get the techno treatment from Apollo Four Forty who combine that metal-pop tune with reggae dub touches.

[5] The accompanying music video for "Ain't Talkin' 'bout Dub" was directed by James Brown and premiered in February 1997.