According to Billboard magazine, Island Records intended to release the song as the fifth single (fourth in the USA) from the band's second album.
[1] Plans for a commercial single and promotional video never materialized, as the band entered into studio to record their third album, To the Faithful Departed, during the same time period.
The performance was recorded on the BBC television show Later with Jools Holland.
A similar version was performed during the band's MTV Unplugged show in 1995.
A live version of the song was released on the "Free to Decide" single in 1996.