It is the fourth track and lead single from her eighth studio album, Let England Shake, and was released on 6 February 2011 on Island Records.

It was Harvey's first single since 2008's "The Devil" and uses similar dynamics of song-writing to its predecessor, including folk influence and instrumentation.

An accompanying music video, directed by Seamus Murphy, was released prior to the single in January 2011 and was the second part of a twelve film project documenting Let England Shake.

This refrain is based on a lyric from Eddie Cochran's "Summertime Blues" and most reviews of Let England Shake recognised the similarity.

[14] Each film incorporates a mix of still photography and video documenting the album's themes "in the manner of classic photographic reportage - recording real & spontaneous situations.

"[15] Murphy travelled throughout England alone "with little equipment", due to a low budget and lack of assistants, and after photography, directing and producing the films solely by himself, edited the final product in Berlin, Germany with video editor Sebastian Gollek.

Further military imagery is used, specifically showing soldiers in formal uniform and children playing a war-related video game.

This performance was also broadcast live as a webcast[20][21] through a number of online sites,[22] including the concert's promoter Deezer Offline.

[25] The song has been performed at all of Harvey's live shows on the European leg of the Let England Shake tour throughout February and March 2011.

In further promotion, the song was performed on Later... with Jools Holland on 26 April 2011[26] alongside "Let England Shake" and "The Glorious Land."