Dolenz took the song's title from a phrase he had heard spoken on an episode of the British television series Till Death Us Do Part, which he had watched while in England.

As Nesmith told Melody Maker in 1997, "The old establishment was going, 'Why don't you cut your hair,' and 'Alternate Title' was a rail against that.

"[6] The song's title, "Randy Scouse Git", translates to American English as "horny, Liverpudlian jerk", according to Dolenz.

[7] The song was performed by all four Monkees, with Dolenz on vocals, drums and timpani, Davy Jones on backing vocals, Mike Nesmith on guitar, Peter Tork on piano and organ, and producer Chip Douglas (The Turtles) on bass guitar.

Dolenz reprises lyrics from the song in "Love's What I Want", a bonus track to the 2016 Monkees album Good Times!