It was later included on the 1983 CBS reissue of the band's debut album Dirk Wears White Sox and as part of the bonus material on the 2004 Columbia Records Remaster.

The cover portrays Image in Motion (1913),[3] a photograph by the Italian Futurist Anton Bragaglia, with the name of the band and the song superimposed over it.

Whereas Xerox machines are used to make paper copies of documents and other visual images, it is used as a metaphor for plagiarism in the song's lyrics (example: I'm never bored, I'll steal your chords).

[5] The band had developed a strong cult following and embarked on a major UK tour prior to the single's release on 6 July 1979.

This new arrangement was recorded as a demo at Decca Studios in Broadhurst Gardens, London in August 1978 and then rerecorded for the B-side at the Roundhouse session the following May.

The song "Zerox" was originally entitled "I'm a Xerox Machine", and was intended to be the second of two singles for Decca Records, with Kick as the B-side.

A spoof Decca label for the A-side, under the title "Zerox Machine (I'm A)" was printed in issue 3 of Ant fanzine Antics in the 90s in 1993.