[1] The song was written by James Reyne and Guy McDonough and sung by McDonough instead of regular lead-vocalist Reyne,[2] and is a lyrical biography about Australian-born actor Errol Flynn.

"Errol" was released in September 1981 and reached #18 on the Australian Singles Charts in October 1981.

[4] B-side "Easy on Your Own" was written by Simon Binks and Brad Robinson of The Crawl together with Australian actress Kerry Armstrong.

[5] In December 1982, the then-nascent Australian new wave band This Is Serious Mum parodied the song as "Yassa Ara-Thin-A-Go-Go".

In January 2018, as part of Triple M's "Ozzest 100", the 'most Australian' songs of all time, "Errol" was ranked number 52.