The song is notable for its guitar solo, which is performed after the first verse. Tilbrook explained, "It took a whole afternoon to get the solo right and John Wood was very patient with me. I had a definite idea of how I wanted it to sound and he could see what I was after, although there was a lot of groping around in the dark." Difford praised Tilbrook's solo as "stunning" and "really thought through." Tilbrook also performs the Moog synthesizer on the song; keyboardist Jools Holland's only contribution was the final piano arpeggio.