[1] Following their revival after their performance at the 1980 Reading Festival, Slade signed a deal with RCA Records the following year.
[5] The B-side, "Knuckle Sandwich Nancy", was taken from Till Deaf Do Us Part and had been the album's failed lead single in May 1981.
It featured the full-length album version of "Rock and Roll Preacher (Hallelujah I'm on Fire)" as the A-side.
[7] Upon release, Kerrang!, in a review of Till Deaf Do Us Part, said the song "comes close to capturing the feelings of Slade live, Holder chortling wickedly through every line".
[8] In a retrospective review, Geoff Ginsberg of AllMusic commented: "This number is so blistering, one wonders just how heavy these guys can get.