The 12" version of the single contained an extended guitar intro that was omitted on the full-length release.

The B-sides of this single are live versions of "Breaking the Law" and "You've Got Another Thing Comin'" recorded at the US Festival from Glen Helen Park, near Devore, San Bernardino in California on 29 May 1983 in front of an approximately audience of 375,000 people.

PopMatters said, "Tom Allom's production is incredibly dense, lending an already heavy song an added layer of darkness.

The guitar tone is tar thick, yet sleek, Holland's robotic drumming — a far cry from the unhinged speed of Metallica and Slayer that same year — cold and impersonal, while Halford's vocals are over the top, screaming, screeching, spitting out lines like bullets.

"[2] Loudwire noted the, "savage twin guitar riff, thunderous drum beat and falsetto-emblazoned vocals".