As revealed in his liner notes for All This and Heaven Too, Gold wrote "Never Let Her Slip Away" about meeting actress and Saturday Night Live cast member Laraine Newman who was his girlfriend when he composed the song.

[3] Besides Freddie Mercury's, other background vocals were provided by JD Souther and Timothy B. Schmit, and the saxophone was played by Ernie Watts.

"Never Let Her Slip Away" was also featured on the soundtrack of the film Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa (2013), as a personal favourite of the principal character.

"[19] Alan Jones from Music Week gave it four out of five, noting that "already achieving a surprisingly major degree of club crossover, it's very much in the KWS/East Side Beat mould, and could even reach the very summit.

"[20] Mark Frith from Smash Hits also gave it four out of five, writing that "Undercover bloke John Matthews was born to make this record."