[3][4] Tony Levin played bass guitar, since Cheap Trick bassist Tom Petersson had recently left the group.
[4] On August 26, a revised version of "I'm Moving On" was recorded with the regular Double Fantasy session musicians consisting of Hugh McCracken and Earl Slick on guitar, Tony Levin on bass guitar, George Small on keyboards, Arthur Jenkins on percussion and Andy Newmark on drums.
[4] "I'm Moving On" is in some ways a companion piece to Lennon's "I'm Losing You," which immediately precedes on Double Fantasy.
[3][4] The songs are linked musically by series of electronic beeps and by a guitar lick played by Earl Slick, and share the same rhythm.
"[6] The singer accuses her lover of being false, objecting to his "window smile," and warns him that she has no desire for intimacy with lines such as "don't stick your finger in my pie.
"[6] Rock journalist Paul Du Noyer calls "I'm Moving On" an "angry song" expressing a "harsh goodbye.