The B-side, "Careful with That Axe, Eugene", became far more popular, as it was included on two Pink Floyd albums and played regularly at concerts through the early 1970s.

The group made a promotional film for the song in which they posed in goggles and flight outfits with a vintage aeroplane, registration G-ANKH (a De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth[7]).

Alternate still shots from the same session appeared in the artwork for the 1973 LP A Nice Pair and the booklet for the 1992 remastered CD of A Saucerful of Secrets.

[9] Following its lack of chart success, the band decided to stop releasing singles in the UK altogether and concentrate only on albums, since, according to Waters, "we were no bloody good at it.

[11] "Point Me at the Sky" spent three weeks in 1973 on the official Italian Musica e Dischi singles chart, reaching number 20.