It was released from their first album, Script for a Jester's Tear, and peaked at number 35 on the UK Singles Chart.

As with all Marillion songs during this period, the lyrics were written by Fish.

The music video for this song features Fish struggling in a straitjacket having visions of a Jackson's Chameleon as featured on the album artwork of Marillion's first three albums.

[1] The song was supposed to be performed live on Top Of The Pops in 1983, but as Fish explains during the concert recorded for Recital of the Script, this never happened.

However, a live version was later recorded for the BBC Oxford Road Show.