It was during this time that their music was influenced by English post-punk bands, such as the Pop Group, the Raincoats and Gang of Four.

During their eight-week stay in Glasgow they played three shows, with label stable mates Orange Juice and Josef K.[3] Postcard Records engaged Alex Ferguson (Alternative TV) to produce a number of the label's releases, including The Go-Betweens.

[3][5] On 29 April Forster and McLennan recorded two songs at Castle Sounds Studios, with Ferguson.

[4][6] The single was released in June 1980 after Forster and McLennan had left the UK, where NME named it 'Single of the Week' and it reached No.

"[10] In his book, Simply Thrilled: The Preposterous Story of Postcard Records, Simon Goddard describes the song as a tune which betrays "a susceptibility to 'doomeh' shadows of Joy Division in its ho-humming bass, if not in its frisky handclaps and peculiar lyrics about bank books and child detectives".