 The song is notable for the female voice of Perri Lister—she appeared in the banned video for "Hot in the City"—who sings ""Les yeux sans visage"" (French for "Eyes without a face") as a background chorus.The title of the song refers to the English title of French director Georges Franju's 1960 film "Les yeux sans visage".In a retrospective review of the single, AllMusic journalist Donald A. Guarisco praised the song and wrote