One hundred copies included lyric sheet inserts that vocalist Joe Elliott had photocopied during his lunch-break at work.

Released in January 1979, the single was sold for £1 (equivalent to £6.39 in 2023[2]) at shows and was handed out to anyone who could help gain the band exposure.

Elliott jumped on stage at Sheffield University during a John Peel DJ session to hand-deliver a copy of the EP.

Helped by radio play, the initial pressing was sold out by the summer of 1979, so the band's first managers had the EP reissued with a yellow label and no picture sleeve.

Once signed to Phonogram, the single was issued again, with "Ride into the Sun" and "Getcha Rocks Off" being swapped around because the latter had become more popular.

The rerecorded version later appeared on Retro Active, but it has additional overdubs and replaces the opening drum solo with a piano intro performed by Ian Hunter.