The song was written by James Grant and Bobby Paterson, and produced by Gary Katz.

Grant told Simon Mayo for the Reading Evening Post in 1989, "I used to pass there whenever I was going to Paddy's Market, which was a place where you could buy cheap gear, old false teeth and spectacles and stuffed birds, amongst other things.

She wrote, "L&M have finally got a handle on elegant post-soul pop in the same poignant way that the Blow Monkeys' 'Digging Your Scene' managed.

This evocative extract from a journal elevates itself above the meagre everydayness-of-it-all with some jazz-upholstered settings for the chorus.

He considered the song to be "another gem" from the band, but felt it "won't make the impression on the singles market the group's talent deserves".