[3] The song was written and produced by lead singer Paul Buchanan and bassist Robert Bell.

Also prominently used in the opening theme was the line, "ah-oh Tinsel Town", taken from the end of the middle 8 section of the original song.

"Tinseltown in the Rain" remains a beloved staple in the Netherlands, regularly appearing on NPO Radio 2's annual Top 2000 songs of all time countdown.

In a 2013 interview with Dutch television program Top 2000 a Gogo, Paul Buchanan stated that "Tinseltown is a metaphor.

And I think in our minds what was interesting to us was the kind of universal nature of cities… Glasgow’s obviously not the same scale as New York, but if you just shrunk it down to a corner, it could be.

The song also contains "strident piano chords, sweeping strings and one of Buchanan’s finest vocal performances, his joy irrepressible as he reassures himself, 'Do I love you?

For a few seconds, the lights in Tinseltown flicker and pop to life, giving all of its lovers one more chance to say goodbye.

[11] Muriel Gray at Smash Hits said, "As an album track it's sophisticated, subtle and slightly melancholy.