[6] Recorded at Hansa Mischraum in West Berlin,[7] it was the band's first top-20 single in the United States, peaking at number 13 on the Billboard Hot 100.

"We were using all these tape loops to create rhythms and the technology was quite advanced, but it wasn't anything like it is today, the things that you can do.

The single itself was released in the US on 11 July 1984, though it did not reach the Billboard Hot 100 chart until May 1985, and was initially played only on modern rock and college radio.

It was also used as the theme song of the 1990s BBC children's factual TV series It'll Never Work?.

His version, which features Tom Trujillo, was released as a retail single on 26 January 2006 to promote the remix album ReWorked.