 It spent nine weeks in the UK charts, peaking at number 18.The song first appeared on an album on the band's 1986's "Utter Madness" greatest hits compilation, issued one month after its single release.The song was written by Suggs about apartheid in South Africa, with its chorus "It's black and white, don't try to hide it" and the line "The station master's writing with a piece of orange chalk / One hundred cancellations, still no one wants to walk" (in reference to the South African flag).