 The song was released as a promotional single given to radio stations in December 1984, along with the album's title track, "New Day Rising".The song is known for its opening guitar riff, as well as its twelve-string acoustic guitar breaks towards the middle and at the end of the song.This was something that was very different for a band labeled as hardcore punk, although the song "Never Talking To You Again" from their previous album, "Zen Arcade", had also been recorded with an acoustic guitar.