A collaboration with disco producer Giorgio Moroder, who also co-wrote the song with David Sylvian, it marked a change of direction from the band's previous sound.

[4] The song was written by Giorgio Moroder and band vocalist David Sylvian.

This release featured "European Son" as the B-side, although again failed to chart.

This issue was a remixed version by Steve Nye and finally made "Life In Tokyo" a hit reaching no.

The B-side, "Life In Tokyo Theme" is an approximately 2 minute instrumental version of the song, but doubled in length by being presented in a drastically slowed down mix.