It was written by the entire group about their close friend Bevan T. Woodhouse.

The song is featured on the band's sixth and final studio album, Heartbreaker.

It was their final hit single before the group disbanded in 1973, with Paul Rodgers and Simon Kirke going on to form Bad Company.

Matthew Greenwald of AllMusic said: Lyrically, the song can be interpreted many ways, but it appears on the surface to be an angry message to a friend with heavy substance abuse problems who has one foot in 'the wishing well', which is possibly an analogy for 'one foot in the grave'.

[3]Record World called it a "heavy number that could bounce [Free] back to hitsville.