Written by frontman Ian Anderson, it features a folk-rock style that characterizes the Songs from the Wood album.

The single's B-side was the non-album track "Strip Cartoon," which was an outtake from the Songs from the Wood sessions.

That was one occasion when I was sitting on a stool because I simply couldn't stand up, I was so ill."[5] Louder described the song as the album's "most effusive track," praising "the whip-crack of Barriemore Barlow's snare and Ian Anderson's goggling wordplay."

[10] Author Scott Allen Nollen praised the song's "incredible atmosphere" as well as Barre's guitar work and Anderson's tin whistle playing.

[4] 50 Third and 3rd called it "a curious choice for a single release, but another beautiful arrangement with complex and contrasting rhythms adding spice and a fabulous whistle performance from Ian Anderson.