"My Mistake" was the first Split Enz song to achieve a top 20 chart position, peaking at #15 in Australia and #21 in the band's native New Zealand.

It begins with most of the group in front of a stage playing the music in a dimly lit amphitheatre.

Throughout the video, Tim Finn performs 'magic tricks' assisted by editing (such as disappearing and appearing items).

As is heard on the album version of the song, Finn then scats along with the trumpet solo performed by band member Robert Gillies.

The Panda Band covered the song in 2006 on Australian youth radio station Triple J's Like a Version segment.