The B-side of the single, "Fade Away And Radiate", featured Robert Fripp on guitar and was also included on the Parallel Lines album.

In the video, Debbie Harry wore a yellow dress created by fashion designer Stephen Sprouse.

Music critic Arion Berger of Rolling Stone called "Picture This" "the tenderest new wave love song put to vinyl".

[1] Slant Magazine praised Harry's vocal range on the track, "her voice purring like a kitten and then building to a mean growl.

"[7] Pitchfork lauded the song as "exuberant new wave, far looser than the stiff, herky-jerky tracks that would go on to characterize that sound in the 80s".

[8] Ultimate Classic Rock named "Picture This" as Blondie's ninth best song, writing, "The springy hook and girl-group snap of 'Picture This' turned out to be just the start of the album's treasures.