Then this restaurant opened, and it was a big deal at the time because it had glass tables, and I was like, oh, you can watch yourself.

[7]When he first heard David Steele's "revolutionary" 2/2 bassline, he thought, "Wow, that poem I was writing on the motorbike fits it like a glove.

"[7] Jerry Dammers wanted the Beat to release "Mirror in the Bathroom" as their first single for his company 2 Tone Records, but Chrysalis Records, 2 Tone's parent company, refused to allow them to release it as a single.

Instead, they released a ska version of the Smokey Robinson and the Miracles song "The Tears of a Clown".

[10] In 2002, Gary Mulholland included the song in his list This is Uncool: The 500 Best Singles Since Punk Rock.

[citation needed] The single was re-released on 21 April 2012 for Record Store Day 2012 as a limited edition 750 run of 7" copies.

[citation needed] Ranking Roger's album Pop Off the Head Top includes a new remix version of "Mirror in the Bathroom" produced by Gaudi.