The song was written by sisters Karen and Shelly Poole, and produced by Dave Stewart.

In France, it spent one week on the SNEP Singles Chart, entering at number 40 on 11 January 1997.

American magazine Billboard described it as a "engaging pop song", noting "the witty, assertive lyrics [that] show a confident act driven by intelligent songwriting capped with exciting vocals".

She felt that the song "is a great example of the more lighthearted end of this British female duo's quirky, funky sound (kinda like a cross between Kate Bush and Prince) which adds a bit of ska beat to a pretty melody and sarcastic lyrics like "I wanna bite his head off/Yeah that'd be fun".

"[4] Caroline Sullivan from The Guardian said in her album review, "Their iron-fist-in-velvet-glove persona is mildly fetching on the kittenish singles 'I Am, I Said' and 'Alisha Rules the World'.