The video featured the band playing in a barren wasteland as a couple fought.

However, it was unable to match the chart success of its predecessor, only managing to reach #85 on the Billboard Hot 100, although it did reach #4 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart.

[1] A follow-up single, "Coming Up You" performed marginally better, hitting #74 in America.

[1] Cash Box called it a "powerful pop/rock number led by Ric Ocasek's inimitable vocals.

"[2] "Strap Me In" was noted in the Just What I Needed: The Cars Anthology liner notes as the "standout track" from Door to Door, which also said, "'Strap Me In' proved that [Ric] Ocasek could still turn an automotive double-entendre with the best of them.