The song peaked at number 10 on the UK Singles Chart and reached the top 40 in Australia, Finland, and Ireland.

Despite being promoted as a single, "Star 69" was omitted from edited versions of Halfway Between the Gutter and the Stars due to its frequent looping of an expletive.

The vocals on the song consist almost entirely of the repeating verse, "They know what is what, but they don't know what is what, they just strut.

[citation needed] A radio edit of the track exists with the word "fuck" taken out.

"Star 69" is popular with DJs and has often been remixed and used in mashups due to the vocal hook.