Written by the band members and produced by Chris Kimsey, the song was released as the album's second single and reached number 28 on the U.S.

The song entered the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart at number 81 in December.

[2] The song spent five weeks in the Top 40 section of the chart, peaking at number 28 in January 1989.

[4] Lead vocalist Trevor Steel said the song "was going down well, especially since we considered ourselves a live band.

The humor of the title was a little lost on the U.S. audience, since Americans pronounce Sheik differently than we in the UK do.