The song appeared in Ono's off-Broadway musical New York Rock and her compilation albums Walking on Thin Ice and Onobox.
In 2010, the Junior Boys remix of the song was released as a free download on MySpace Music and RCRD LBL.
"[2] Ono further explained the song's theme of coldness to Spinner: "I remember I was envisioning a gray, cold city with people walking with hands in their pockets and putting the collars of their coats up.
"[3] Larry Fitzmaurice from Pitchfork Media described the original version as a "spiky new-wave tune featuring a particularly angry vocal performance," but commented that the Junior Boys "smooth out some of the tune's rougher edges, morphing Ono's cries into elastic bursts and turning the track into a Danceteria-worthy disco jam.
"[4] The song became Yoko Ono's fourth consecutive number-one hit on the Billboard Hot Dance Club chart.