It was the group's highest-charting single in the US - tied with "Come Dancing", which achieved the same chart position eighteen years later in 1983.

[5] During the recording sessions for the song, the band felt that the guitar sound evident on their previous two singles ("You Really Got Me" and "All Day and All of the Night") was missing.

6 on the US Billboard Hot 100, the highest charting Kinks single in the US until the band's 1983 hit "Come Dancing" tied it.

'"[9] Cash Box described it as "a medium-paced, shuffle-beat lament about a guy who gets annoyed waiting for his girl to prepare herself for their dates.

"[10] Record World said that the Kinks are "going for their third big hit and certain to get it with this nifty slice of rock guitar and song session.