A competition was run with the single's release, to win a program guide, signed by all the artists who played at War Child's charity concert in Brixton Academy.

In Mexico, rather than "The Night Sky", the single's B-side "Under Pressure" was broadcast as an A-side following the song's popularity and its previous release by BBC Radio 1.

[2] It was composed by pianist Tim Rice-Oxley in late 2005 and was meant to be included on Under the Iron Sea, the band's second album, but was replaced on the definite track list on 14 March 2006.

In this cover, singer Tom Chaplin reaches the highest tone achieved by him in a recording (A5) holding the note four seconds more than Freddie Mercury on Queen's original version.

On 29 September 2017 the band announced through Twitter and Facebook that the song would be rereleased on streaming services on 3 November.