It was released in 1991 by Island Records, produced by Steve Beresford, Andy Metcalfe and Philip Oakey and re-released in 1999 by Universal Music's Spectrum label.

Reeves' comedy partner Bob Mortimer sings alongside him on "Summer of '75", with Jonathan Ross providing whistling on "I Remember Punk Rock".

Along with accompanying Ordnance Survey grid references they apparently pointed to three pairs of Chelsea boots that had been hidden by Reeves and Mortimer during an extended road trip around the UK.

The grid references point to locations in Glen Etive in the Scottish Highlands, the Lake District in Cumbria and the Wash in East Anglia.

Although there are no musician credits on the sleeve, Reeves claims the track was created by members of Swing Out Sister and he just turned up for a few hours to do the vocal.

[11] Bob Mortimer appears in the background of the music video with Wonder Stuff frontman Miles Hunt, playing a tambourine and singing backing vocals.

[12] The music video for "Abide With Me" shows a muddy Reeves riding a horse around a farmyard where Bob Mortimer appears to be working.

At the end of the video, the animals in the farmyard have a disco and Reeves rides the horse into the distance, stopping to rear in silhouette in front of the moon.

It also contains a live performance of "Meals on Wheels" and "Dizzy", as part of Vic Reeves Big Night Out On Tour, the latter of which features the Wonder Stuff.