[1] In the UK the single was released as a standard black 7-inch vinyl and a 7-inch picture disc featuring a photographic portrait of Oldfield.

The single cover depicts a scene where a gentleman in a black suit sitting at a bar, being approached from behind by a woman in a red outfit.

American duo Daryl Hall & John Oates covered "Family Man" for their studio album H2O, and it reached number 6 on the US Billboard Hot 100 in June 1983.

Their version of the song has some altered lyrics, including a line in which the man finally gets the nerve to take up the woman's offer, but she has left, and he screams out the chorus.

[6] The song appears on the Flash FM radio station of the 2006 video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories.