Songwriter Don Walker said of the song: "I made a conscious attempt to write a hit single.

"[3] At the time of release, many people seemed unaware of the subject matter, and the song was played on radio stations 2SM and 3XY owned by the Catholic Church.

"[5] Producer Mark Opitz said, "I used all the old Alberts Tricks as we built "Choirgirl" - where to bring in the backing vocals, have a half-chorus first...all the things I'd learned from Vanda & Young about keeping the listener interested.

[2] An appearance on Countdown was made to promote the song, with the band wearing matching white clothes and miming.

[9] Writing for RAM in 1980, Greg Taylor said the song contained "a melody of stately, implacable logic, sung by Barnes in a angel voice".