"Bang Bang" was one of two songs on Squeeze's debut album that the band produced without the album's primary producer John Cale, who was "too ill to work" at the time according to Chris Difford.

[1] Difford and Tilbrook had written the song at a cafe in Greenwich near the home that the two shared at the time.

Tilbrook later commented, "We recorded both this and 'Take Me I'm Yours' when John was ill and they ended up as the two singles from the album, which tells you all you need to know really".

[2] Due to the Difford and Tilbrook's distaste for the song, it has largely been omitted from compilation albums.

Despite this, the band has occasionally revived the song in its live setlists starting in 2012.