[1] It subsequently spent four weeks on the UK Singles Chart in March-April 1981, peaking at no.
"Slow Motion" was an important influence to Gary Numan who would have commercial success with electronic pop the following year.
Numan said of the song: “This was a fantastic fusion of different elements and set a standard I then tried very, very hard to reach with "Are "Friends" Electric?"
It was the first single featuring Robin Simon as guitarist (replacing Stevie Shears) and also the first under the new name "Ultravox", without the exclamation mark.
[4] The song was performed live on Old Grey Whistle Test in early 1978, before the release of the single and the Systems of Romance album.