It lost the former category to DD Smash's "Outlook for Thursday" and the latter nomination to Coconut Rough's "Sierra Leone", produced by Dave Marrett. Commercially, the song peaked at number two on New Zealand's RIANZ Singles Chart, spending three consecutive weeks at the position in February 1983 and remaining in the top 50 for 13 weeks.
It shed its previous classification to be surpassed by DD Smash's "Outlook for Thursday", while Coconut Rough's "Sierra Leone" took its place. In terms of commercial success, the song reached number two on New Zealand's RIANZ Singles Chart and stayed at that position for three weeks in February 1983 before staying within the top 50 for 13 weeks.