[1] Frontwoman Elly Jackson told Steve Harris of Xfm radio that the song is "about telling someone how you feel regardless of what you get back, and not waiting to find out if they want you or not.

"[2] The track is heavily influenced by the title theme of the 1980s animated television series Pole Position,[3] with the music video paying homage to the show as well.

Digital Spy reviewer David Balls described the song as "slightly odd, endlessly exciting" and stated that it "manages to sound quaintly old-school and positively futuristic all at the same time.

"[5] In a review for Exclaim!, Cam Lindsay wrote that the track "features some icy, high-pitched woos from Jackson and pulse-pounding beats" which make it sound "delicious".

[6] MSN Music called it a "damn fine electro pop humdinger" and complimented Jackson's powerful vocals which "hit the ground running and burst with effervescence from the opening note.

During the instrumental section of the song, she waves her hand out of the car window, at which point the road ahead and the cloud-covered moon is visible.

The remix was featured during the closing credits of the Entourage episode "Hair", originally aired 8 August 2010,[25] as well as in television commercials for the 2009 fantasy video game Bayonetta and in the trailer for the 2012 film Dredd.

The Observer reviewer Gareth Grundy called it a "proper remix, the kind that nudges the original song into thrilling new territory.

[34] The official remix of the song for the US featuring rapper Kanye West premiered exclusively on the Entertainment Weekly website on 12 October 2010,[35] and was released digitally on 2 November.

[36] The song was covered on the Live Lounge segment of BBC Radio 1's The Jo Whiley Show on four separate occasions: on 18 May 2009 by Australian R&B singer Daniel Merriweather,[37] on 30 January 2010 by Swedish indie pop trio Miike Snow,[38] on 12 May 2010 by American R&B singer Kelis,[39] on 8 September 2013 by English indie pop trio London Grammar[40] and by Billie Marten.