[1] The song was recorded at the Chappell Studios in London and started as an experiment in which Willcox used her voice as an instrument.

[3] The single courted controversy due to its intentionally disturbing front cover image — a photograph of one of the mummies of Guanajuato in Mexico (from a book by Ray Bradbury entitled The Mummies of Guanajuato), holding a note which asked "Is there a heaven?

This was drawn over the original inscription, which bore the name of the actual mummy — Magdalena Aguilar,[4] and her date of burial which was 8 September 1897.

[2] NME gave the song a mixed review, describing it as "[a]ngry and powerful, (...) riotously and genuinely performed.

[5] The song and its B-side, "Victims of the Riddle (Vivisection)", were later included on the band's first album, Sheep Farming in Barnet.