[1] It was written and performed by Chas & Dave and featured snooker players Steve Davis, Dennis Taylor, Willie Thorne, Terry Griffiths and Tony Meo, as backing vocalists under the name 'The Matchroom Mob'[2] – Matchroom Sport being the company owned by promoter Barry Hearn which employed all these snooker professionals at the time.

This time, 'The Matchroom Mob' was made up of Steve Davis, Willie Thorne, Jimmy White, Neal Foulds, Dennis Taylor, Tony Meo and Terry Griffiths.

[9] The song was mentioned to Ronnie O'Sullivan during an episode of A League of Their Own in 2012, leading to Freddie Flintoff singing the chorus, with the audience joining in at the end.

It was pressed in all snooker ball colours (White, Red, Yellow, Green, Brown, Blue, Pink, Black), in editions of 147 hand-numbered copies.

[13] In January 2023, comedian Tom Mayhew and YouTuber Joe Hannard launched The Snooker Loopy Podcast, which takes its name from the song.