 "Burning of the Midnight Lamp" was released as a single in the UK by Track Records on August 19, 1967, backed with the specially-recorded B-side "The Stars That Play with Laughing Sam's Dice"; the single was also released in certain regions of Europe by Polydor Records.The release entered the UK Singles Chart on September 2 at number 32, spent nine weeks in the chart, and achieved a peak position of number 18 (lower than all three singles released previously).In Germany the single peaked at number 27 during a five-week stay on the Media Control Charts, and on the MegaCharts in Netherlands it charted at number 20 for two weeks.