It was written by Cerys Matthews and Mark Roberts, and produced by Paul Sampson and Stephen Street.
Sweet Catatonia had originally been recorded in 1993, and appeared on their "For Tinkerbell" EP that year.
The re-recorded version was released as a single on 18 January 1996, with a cover painted by Elfyn Lewis.
He was the housemate of band members, Cerys Matthews and Mark Roberts, and would go on the paint three single and one album covers for Catatonia.
[2] The single received a great deal of press coverage, increasing the expectations of both the band and the label,[3] but only peaked at number 61 in the charts.