It was originally released on 24 January 2005, when it was ineligible in the UK Singles Chart due to the inclusion of a sticker.

Hard-Fi frontman Richard Archer describes this song as being about "Having no money"; the song however, is much deeper than that,[citation needed] it tells of the kind of life Archer may have lived before reaching success, "Go to a cash machine, to get a ticket home, a message on the screen, says don't make plans you're broke" and "I try to skip the fare, ticket inspectors there."

This is the original video which has Hard-Fi's boss "Mr. Big" telling the band that "the reason you boys are so skint is the record company hasn't paid us."

The band, wearing masks of political figures such as Queen Elizabeth II and Tony Blair, end up mostly fighting each other, while lead singer Archer discovers the case believed to hold the tapes.

The band cover him with Silly String and take the case to a hideout to discover that it contains only the courier's lunch.

The video is interspersed with shots of the band playing in a field near an airport as large planes fly overhead.

A mate of mine was pretty good with a camera, and we decided to make a Heist movie, because we'd seen a documentary about a heist and the U2 "Beautiful Day" video – obviously that was done with CGI graphics and hundreds of thousands of pounds, but we thought 'Let's use our brains, our resources, what's round us.

So, we scouted the area, worked out which way the planes were flying, and got up early one morning, got the gear over the fence, set up and assessed the risks: Best case scenario, we could get away with it – unlikely; or we could get moved on, that wouldn't be so bad; arrested – tricky; or shot – dead.

The hardest bit was we had a portable stereo playing the track to mime along to, which sounded loud in the room but outdoors with a 747 going over your head and the ground shaking you can't hear anything.

But I think the people who saw us – a band set up and playing music – though they must have permission otherwise it's too ridiculous, so they left us to get on with it.

It also shows the interior of a cash machine staffed by miniature humans, including the four band members, who work in conditions akin to coal mines.

The images are similar to the Fire planet from season 3 of the science fantasy television series Lexx.

Dougal Wilson, the director of the video, is also known for directing "Fit But You Know It" by The Streets, "Dream" by Dizzee Rascal, "Life in Technicolour II" by Coldplay and "Tribulations" by LCD Soundsystem.

The drug dealer collects money from a man on the street and gives the note as change.

A stripper's breasts are pixelated after she takes off her bra and the man holds the note out in front of her, begging her to go fully naked.