The track is the theme tune for the 1986 film Quicksilver starring Kevin Bacon, Jami Gertz, Paul Rodriguez, Louie Anderson, Laurence Fishburne and Rudy Ramos.

[2][better source needed] Cash Box said that the song gives "one of rock’s enduring great voices a solid tune.

"[3] The song was released as a single in April 1986, and was a minor success on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Charts, reaching number 11.

The video begins with Daltrey in a taxicab, looking at documents called "Quicksilver", while Jack Casey (Kevin Bacon) rides behind him.

The song was later released as the B-side to the single, "Hearts of Fire" from Daltrey's seventh solo studio album Can't Wait to See the Movie, in 1987.