Dolores O'Riordan wrote the song after she had seen the children of Chernobyl born with many illnesses.

[1] The Cranberries donated all the proceeds of the single to the Chernobyl Children’s Project charity.

[1] A promotional video, directed by Maurice Linnane, features the band members as modern-life The Wizard of Oz characters.

As for the "Analyse" single, music producer Marius de Vries was commissioned to remix "Time Is Ticking Out".

Finally, a slightly different 4:55 version of unknown origin was released digitally on Internet.