It was released as a single on September 5, 1980 and spent 20 weeks in UK charts, reaching a high of #3. It was the 11th best-selling single of 1980 in the UK.{cn|date=October 2013} ==Music and lyrics== McPherson later recalled in an interview that `I was very specifically trying to write a song in the style of Ian Dury, especially the songs he w....