Douglas Adams, a friend of Gilmour, chose the title for The Division Bell from one verse in this song.

[2] Unlike the album version, this features the final solo played on a regular electric guitar instead of a lapsteel.

[7] Shortly after the song ends and the chimes fade out is a hidden track comprising a brief phone call between the band's manager Steve O'Rourke and Gilmour's son Charlie.

The music video, directed by Storm Thorgerson, features a man looking over the Fens at Ely Cathedral, the same building which can be seen between the metal heads on the cover of the album.

Also, the video has many references to Cambridge, where Syd Barrett, Roger Waters and David Gilmour grew up, college scarves, bicycles and punts on the river being obvious ones.