The song was shown off to Soma Records founder and President Amos Heilicher and he liked it and signed The Castaways on a contract.

The song also appears on the 1972 compilation album Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era, 1965–1968.

It also appeared in the movie's Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels and Good Morning, Vietnam.

A music video, co-directed by Adam Bernstein, was produced to promote the single.

[8] The song debuted and peaked at number 14 on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks chart for the week ending September 10, 1988.