 Although the single cracked the Top 20 in the band's native New Zealand, it was a rare chart failure in Australia, not even reaching the Top 40.This was particularly surprising given the huge success of the previous year's "Time and Tide" album and its singles, and the more recent Top 10 placing of Tim Finn's "Escapade" album.Neil Finn described the song as, "about ambition, temptation, being distracted, following your nose and not letting anything get in your way".