"Cccan't You See" was Vicious Pink's third single, after "My Private Tokyo" and "Je t'aime (moi non plus)".

[1] For this single, the band had acquired a new producer, Tony Mansfield of New Musik; their previous producer, Dave Ball, was also a member of Soft Cell, and left after the release of "Je t'aime" after Soft Cell had an international hit single with "Tainted Love".

The single featured Mansfield's Fairlight CMI, which was used to sample Russian choirs from short wave radio in an effort to defuse tensions caused by the Cold War, which was a major issue at the time.

While Moss and Mansfield were recording it, Warden was watching a documentary on Jerry Lee Lewis in the studio's recreation room, and requested that they do a cover version of "Great Balls of Fire".

[7] The song was sampled by Nightmares on Wax's "I'm for Real",[8] which when released as a double A-side with "Aftermath", became that artist's only top 40 UK Singles Chart entry.