The song was written by lead vocalist Noddy Holder and bassist Jim Lea and produced by John Punter.

"[1] In a 1987 fan club interview, Hill chose "My Oh My" as his favourite Slade single: "Although I didn't like "My Oh My" when I first heard it, by the time I started playing on it and promoting it, I discovered a certain magic and hidden power in it.

[4] "My Oh My" was released on 7-inch and 12-inch vinyl by RCA Records in the UK, Ireland, across Europe, Brazil, Mexico, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand and Japan.

The 12-inch vinyl, released in the UK, Germany and Mexico, featured an extended version of "My Oh My" as the A-side and a second B-side "Don't Tame a Hurricane", which again was initially exclusive to the single.

In the UK, a limited edition 7-inch vinyl was also released, containing an additional track "Merry Xmas Everybody (Live & Kickin')", which had previously appeared as the B-side to the band's 1982 single "(And Now the Waltz) C'est La Vie".

The video depicts Slade walking in the countryside and one by one get picked up by an articulated lorry driven by a racing driver, which has an open stage on the back.

The band are seen performing the song on the lorry, which arrives at Surrey Docks for a concert, where schoolchildren are seen waving Slade scarves, the lorry driver joins the band on stage, takes their crash helmet off and reveals themselves to be a beautiful woman.

He noted that the "slow and ultimately simplistic" song "builds nicely to a rousing finale that should have them waving their scarves on the terraces by Christmas".

Knight also praised John Punter's "clean and uncluttered" production, which he felt made the song "positively intimate compared to their last few offerings which sounded as if they were recorded in an aircraft hangar".

[8] Jools Holland, as guest reviewer for Smash Hits, remarked that "My Oh My" "sounds like a slowed-down version of 'She'll Be Coming 'Round the Mountain' with a football team singing at the end".

[9] In the US, Billboard called "My Oh My" a "tuneful, love-your-fellow-man anthem, aswash in power chords", with "the irrepressibly cheerful Noddy Holder joined by what sounds like a whole football team of singalong choristers".

The label soon repackaged The Amazing Kamikaze Syndrome into Keep Your Hands Off My Power Supply and released "Run Runaway" as the lead single in March 1984.

In a 1986 fan club interview, Holder spoke of the version: "It came about originally because a few people asked us for demos of songs to cover.