[1] It is the first of two songs by the B-52s to feature more than three band members singing lead vocals,[2] the second being "Theme for a Nude Beach" from their follow-up studio album Bouncing off the Satellites (1986).

The song's lyrical content made implicit references to "familiar media images of glamorous people, [like] 'The Empress of Fashion' and 'The Captain of the Enterprise'" and describes "a goofy series of mythic couples meeting to populate the future.

It features the band members performing the song on podiums and swings and in a Brady Bunch style split screen.

[4] In a 1983 music concert at the Forest Hills Tennis Stadium, the band sang live vocals with a prerecorded backing track.

"[5] Stephen Holden from The New York Times described the song as "an amusing evocation of the current [sic] baby boom" and fun but serious.