A digression is CD bonus track "All About Eve", which is about apartheid, a subject Gedge came into contact with during his childhood in South Africa.

The band sought and received permission to name the album after Northern Irish football legend George Best.

The original Reception Records compact disc release added two bonus tracks from the B-side of single "Anyone Can Make a Mistake".

By the time of the latter single's release, drummer Shaun Charman had been fired and replaced by Simon Smith.

[6] The 30th anniversary tour of George Best in 2017 was accompanied by the release of a documentary about the album, titled The Wedding Present: Something Left Behind.