This was the 28th single for The Fall but just the 3rd one to make the Top 40. It's also their final Top 40 hit to date. It's hard to say whether it's a surprise this made the Top 40 or not. On one hand most people who know a thing or two about music have heard of The Fall. On the other hand they're exactly the sort of band who's success has nothing to do with the pop charts.
Their previous 2 Top 40 efforts had both been covers, "There's A Ghost In My House" and "Victoria". This is therefore their only original composition to make the Top 40.
One would therefore assume this making number 40 would be considered a success. But later on that year following the release of their next single "Ed's Babe" which didn't chart, they got dropped by their record label.
That didn't stop the band though and they carried on making new records and would continue changing labels right up until the death of only constant member Mark E.Smith in 2018.
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