It was cut during their tenure on both Decca and Immediate Records in 1966 and 1967 and was written by the Marriott/Lane partnership, who wrote a majority of the Small Faces material.

It was first released on their eponymous second studio album Small Faces on 23 June 1967 in both mono and stereo versions.

[8] Small Faces British mod revival group the Jam had incorporated the song into their live repertoire during the later part of their existence.

A studio demo recorded for Peter Wilson was initially scrapped, but was later included on Extras, a compilation of rare and unissued material by the group.

A stereo version was more recently released on the 2010 deluxe edition of the band's 1980 studio album Sound Affects.