"Next Plane to London" made The Rose Garden one of the most memorable one-hit wonders of the late sixties, yet the song has never been recorded by another prominent group, apart from an unreleased demo by the band They Might Be Giants in the mid-80s.

The single, "February Sunshine", became a Los Angeles hit, and the Blokes became known as The Giant Sunflower for a couple of weeks to perform the song in their live act.

Noreen was unable to create a guitar solo in time for recording, so Greene and Stone suggested that the signature "airport voice" be put in its place.

More than two months later, on December 30, 1967, the single reached its peak position at number 17, the same day that the band lip-synced the two tracks from the record on American Bandstand.

[5] Following extensive touring in the Southwest, the song was featured as the opening track for the band's debut album, The Rose Garden.