The arrangement featured a distinctive bass lead by group member Chas Chandler. This was the first single not to be recorded by the original line-up, following as it did the departure of keyboard player Alan Price and his replacement by Dave Rowberry. It featured one of singer Eric Burdon's typically raw, fierce vocals. "Rolling Stone" described the overall effect as a "harsh white-blues treatment from The Animals. As put it, 'Whatever suited our attitude, we just bent to our own shape.'"