"[8] The percussion sound in the song, unusual for American pop, was created with a cuica, a Brazilian friction drum instrument often used in samba music.

It features an introduction by hip-hop MC's (and then-fellow Warner Bros. Records label mates) Big Daddy Kane and Biz Markie.

German singer Peter Rainford covered the song in 1973, releasing the single entitled as "Lady Pyjama" in Germany and The Netherlands.

[12] The song appears in a montage in the 2001 film The Royal Tenenbaums directed by filmmaker Wes Anderson and on the 2002 re-release edition of the soundtrack.

It was also featured in a 2013 SNL sketch in an episode hosted by Edward Norton paying homage to Wes Anderson as a trailer of a horror film (titled The Midnight Coterie of Sinister Intruders) in his distinct style.