[7] Commentators have highlighted Chris White's countermelodic bassline,[7][8] with biographer Claes Johansen comparing it to the bass playing of Paul McCartney.

Both of these outtakes were issued as a bonus track on the thirtieth anniversary CD edition of Odessey and Oracle in 1998 by Big Beat Records.

The song was initially retitled "Care Of Cell 69", but Al Gallico, the Zombies' American publisher, rejected this title due to the sexual subtext of the number 69.

[10] The 1967 single release of "Care of Cell 44" was not a success, causing some of the tension that led to the breakup of the band in December of that year.

AllMusic critic Matthew Greenwald called it a "breezy, infectious pop melody" with "choral harmony breaks," singling out Chris White's "melodic" bass playing for praise and favorably comparing it to the work of Brian Wilson and Paul McCartney.