[2] It was written by Dave Faulkner[3] The song was also subsequently released in the United Kingdom in 1985 by Demon Records with a different cover sleeve and a different B-side, "Leilani".

The quirky video for the song was shown on Australian Broadcasting Corporation's popular TV series Countdown and is based around a dog trainer and his former champion greyhound: as suggested by former member Kimble Rendall, who had left Gurus to return to film-making.

[5] According to Faulkner the B-side, "Be My Guru", "has always been our unofficial anthem and we loved to play it whenever we felt an audience was too comfortable during a show.

[4]The music video locations include: Belvue St, Glebe; Wentworth Park; the pub was the Central Markets in Darling Harbour, was next to what is now the Pumphouse.

The album was launched at the Meadows Greyhound Racing Track in Broadmeadows, Victoria[9] in reference to the video for "My Girl".