It was their second top-ten hit, peaking at number 8 on the UK Singles Chart.

[2] "So Cold the Night" was released with the B-side "When the Walls Come Tumbling Down", also written by the duo, and was dedicated to Nelson Mandela.

[5] It was a double A-side single with "When the Walls Come Tumbling Down" and "The Multimix", a medley remix of "Don't Leave Me This Way", "So Cold the Night" and "Disenchanted".

[6] Reviewing for Record Mirror, Jane Wilkes wrote "clandestine meetings and hi-NRG Balkan folk music engage for this Somerville/Coles composition.

Their cover versions have always maintained an ambiguity, whereas their own songs place you right in the picture regarding their sexual/political stance".