During sessions for God's Great Banana Skin, Rea discovered the film project after seeing the idea plugged on Channel 4.

He told John Pidgeon in a 1992 interview: "I saw these guys struggling with a lower budget and the idea of the movie.

The power of Rea's [latest] single is skindeep, maybe because of the reminiscence of outlaw Lee Clayton's "I Ride Alone".

"[4] In a review of God's Great Banana Skin, Patrick Davitt of The Leader-Post described the song as "aggressive and urgent".

[5] In a 2017 article on British road movies, The Skinny noted the film's "earworm in the form of Chris Rea's title track".