[6] In a 1977 Trouser Press review, Jim Green described the single as "more spunk than punk, a simple little organ-based pop tune parodying the 'I love you so much I wrote you this song' school of mystical bull*$%-.

[4] With Stiff labelmates, Costello and Nick Lowe, they signed with the newly formed Radar Records label on the strength of demos produced by Clive Langer.

[4] On 9 October 1978, a few weeks after releasing their first single on Radar, "Look Back in Love (Not in Anger)" (a cover of a Teddy and the Pandas song from the 1960s), the band recorded the first of two sessions at Maida Vale 4 studio, for John Peel at BBC Radio 1.

After releasing two singles on Radar, the band recorded their debut LP in New York City with producer Richard Gottehrer.

In a 1980 Trouser Press review of the album, Tim Sommer said that Yachts have "[f]loating and complex keyboard parts, rich three- and five-part harmonies, pointedly clever lyrics and allusions ... intricate song structures [that] all blend wonderfully.

and, most notably, the Christians, more recently working as a producer with Mark Owen and Melanie C. Retrospective appraisals of the band's output vary.

[10] Colin Larkin is more generous, writing that "Yachts' popularity was fleeting but they left behind several great three-minute slices of pop, including a cover of R. Dean Taylor's "There's a Ghost in My House".

[3] Vernon Joynson summed up Yachts' approach: "Lyrically, much of their material was in the usual boy / girl realm but with humour.