The song became the band's first top 10 hit on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number 10.

On VH1 Storytellers: Def Leppard, lead singer Joe Elliott revealed that the song title came from drummer Rick Allen.

The song features a clean guitar melody and heavily multi-tracked vocals in its chorus.

[2] An acoustic rendition of the song was performed by Elliott and guitarist Phil Collen on the Hysteria edition of VH1's Classic Albums.

Cash Box called it a "solid rocker with sophistication, Supertramp-ish chorus backgrounds and a cutting edge vocal.