The single reached number twenty-four on the UK Indie Chart.

The single features a drum machine, as Pete de Freitas had not yet joined the band.

[2] In 1985 the single was also packaged with a limited edition version of the album Songs to Learn & Sing.

MacKenzie Wilson of AllMusic praised the single observing, "it showcases an early, pre-Pete de Freitas Echo & the Bunnymen that is exuberant in the manner of raw Brit-punk.

Ian McCulloch's dark vocals overlay Will Sergeant's simplistic guitar work, and Les Pattinson's typically looping bass adds to the classic punk flavour.