It was released in 1983 to promote the album Love Is the Law and was a Top 30 chart success in the UK.

The track was written by Toyah Willcox and Simon Darlow, and produced by Nick Tauber.

It was the lead single from Love Is the Law and reached number 24 on the UK Singles Chart, spending a total of five weeks on the chart.

Toyah appeared on several television programmes to promote the song, including an outdoor performance filmed at Alton Towers for the TV show Hold Tight, when the band also performed "Ieya".

Both of these tracks appeared on the 2005 reissue of Love Is the Law, as well as the compilation album The Safari Singles Collection Part 2: 1981–1983, released the same year.