It was written by the three members of the group (Christian Burns, Mark Barry, and Stephen McNally) along with songwriter Phil Thornalley.

We flew over to Hollywood to go and work on the record in the Hills with [producers] John Shanks and Oliver Leiber, walked into the studio and the intro was on loop.

[5][6] Japanese radio stations eventually began playing the song which resulted in their overseas label Telstar scrambling to get the group to Asia for promotion.

[10] On 12 February 2001, following the song's success in America, the single was re-released in the United Kingdom[11][12] and made the top 10 this time around, debuting and peaking at number five.

[7][14] It features the band performing on the platform of Canary Wharf DLR station and in the London Eye as they try to earn the attention of a girl who passes by and gives them a tip near the end of the video.