It also became a top 40 hit in Ireland, the Netherlands, Switzerland, and West Germany, as well as on the US Album Rock Tracks chart.

The A-side is a fast, anthemic rock song with a repeated chorus and dominant keyboards from Mark Kelly.

The cover was designed by the band's regular artist at the time, Mark Wilkinson; however, instead of the usual airbrush style, it was a collage based on a colourised photograph of fans waiting outside the Marquee Club, then still in Wardour Street (there are some posters advertising a Then Jerico gig on the door).

The scene alludes to the song's main topic, success alienating artists from their fans and reality in general.

On the back cover, there is a quotation supposedly from Seneca the Younger's Moral Epistles ("This mime of mortal life, in which we are apportioned roles we misinterpret.")