Captain described the song's creation in a SFX Magazine interview: - While the Damned were touring in the USA, he heard this horrible pounding sound coming from outside at 5am.

It was coming from a building site and as it was so early and he wanted to sleep in the hotel, he recorded the noise to make a complaint.

[4] In the United States, "Wot" peaked on Billboards's Hot Dance Club Play Singles chart at number 24.

[7] Dolly Mixture had mixed feelings about appearing on Top of the Pops so often as it led to them being recognized more as backup musicians than for their own work.

[7] Online music database AllMusic described both the songs "Wot" and "A Nice Cup of Tea" as "well-crafted pop tunes that deliver the goods".