"Up Escalator" reached number 79 in the UK Singles Chart and remained in the Top 100 for two weeks.

At the time of its release, the band revealed that the three new tracks marked the beginning of their move towards a more blues and country-orientated sound.

While recording Strange Kind of Love in New York, Grant decided to develop the song and "display the hammier side of my nature".

Grant was inspired to write "History" after he was unable to see his sister and her husband when they travelled from Canada to Dundee to attend a family gathering.

[4] On its release as a single, Iestyn George of Record Mirror described "Up Escalator" as "a typical example of Love and Money's funked up brand of R&B".