 "Geno" soon became a crowd favourite, with audiences chanting for the song throughout whole concerts.Pete Saunders said that the band found it best to play the song once at the beginning of the set, and once towards the end.The song is included in "1001 Songs You Must Hear Before You Die", where it is written that the song was inspired by Washington's "Michael (the Lover)" and subsequently inspired the Specials' "Ghost Town".