[1] In September 2013, Elvis Costello and the Roots released an answer song written from the perspective of the other side of the conflict, called "Cinco Minutos con Vos" ("Five Minutes with You").

[2] In a 1983 interview with NME, Mark Bedford of Madness, who played double bass on the single, recounted the history of the song: At first Robert Wyatt wasn't involved.

[4]Wyatt himself recalled, "Geoff (Travis, head of Rough Trade Records) sent me a cassette saying this is a pretty good song, you ought to sing it.

The single was released in five different sleeves, all featuring sections from two of Stanley Spencer's series of eight panels entitled Shipbuilding on the Clyde which were painted in the 1940s.

Costello recorded his own version of the song for his 1983 album Punch the Clock, featuring a performance by jazz trumpeter Chet Baker.