The song achieved success only in the United States, peaking at number 33 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in March, 1986.

The video for "Goodbye Is Forever" was directed by Marcello Anciano and featured Simon Le Bon and Nick Rhodes as figures "stranded in time", almost like two characters out of Samuel Beckett.

They actually appear to be trapped within the elaborate mechanisms of a giant cuckoo clock whilst sitting on chairs that move along a circular railroad-guard.

The moving chairs transport the two pop stars through many strange scenes and surreal episodes involving symbols of time.

The video for "Missing" was directed by Dean Chamberlain and featured many luminous, dreamlike images that were achieved through innovative photographic techniques involving extended exposure times and unique lighting applications.