1 in the UK Singles Chart in January 1963[1] and was a major hit internationally, although it only reached No.

Both sides of the single were included on the accompanying soundtrack album Summer Holiday.

In the UK, the single was the first of three number 1 hit singles from Richard's musical film, Summer Holiday, the other two being "Summer Holiday" and "Foot Tapper".

"[2] The song is about some advice a father passes to his son, to "remain a bachelor boy until (his) dying day".

[citation needed] While Richard has himself never married, the song itself does not rule out marriage, with the final verse stating "I'll get married, have a wife and a child... but until then I'll be a bachelor boy...".