[4]: 157  Two days later, the band performed the song on the British TV music show The Tube, along with "Cold Sweat" and "The Boys Are Back in Town".

There was no official promotional video with the single as the record company had decided it was too expensive.

[4]: 164 German heavy metal band Sinner covered "The Sun Goes Down" on their 1998 album The Nature of Evil.

[6] They later covered the b-side to the single as well, "Baby Please Don't Go", on their Mask of Sanity album in 2007.

[7] The song was also covered in 2009 by Jørn Lande (as Jorn) on his album Spirit Black and by Night Demon in 2022.