It started because Dan [Smith] got really ill when we first got signed, and so to ease his way back into vocal recording we decided to do some mixtapes using old songs that we listened to growing up.

[10] On 15 November 2013, Of the Night EP was released, featuring three remixes of the song and a live recording of "Oblivion".

"[12] Digital Spy's Robert Copsey wrote, "On paper, Dan Smith & Co.'s gloomy, atmospheric re-working sounds like career-suicide, and while it certainly isn't that, by opting for such a daring choice it feels like all their hard work at carefully carving out their own niche has come undone.

At one point the band members are seen conversing with the police, then told to face the wall and put their hands on their heads, while an officer searches them.

[18] The video ends with the police detective lying on the floor of a bathroom, singing along with the last few lines of the song.