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Cut Copy wrote it and produced it with Tim Goldsworthy; it is track three at 4:37, with John Fields mixing the original version, Eric Broucek engineering and Nilesh Patel mastering. The single came out as an Australian digital EP on February 19, 2008, physically on March 1, and in the UK on May 2 digitally and May 5 physically, on Modular and Island, in a UK iTunes radio edit of 3:38 and a single version of 4:59. Remixes include Boys Noize's Happy Birthday Remix, Superdiscount's Etienne de Crécy remix and Moulinex's on the Japanese edition. It reached 64 on the ARIA singles chart, their highest at the time, 8 on the Australian dance singles chart and went Platinum, reached 37 on the UK physical singles chart but did not enter the singles chart. Albumism calls it and "Hearts on Fire" the album's dancefloor anthems. We found no statement from the band on its meaning.

Setlist.fm counts 354 plays, the most of any Cut Copy song, ahead of "Hearts on Fire" at 353. It closed their encore at Le Poisson Rouge in New York in November 2013 and came near the end of their Golden Plains set in March 2026. It has been used in video games, with weak citations for FIFA 09 and Forza Horizon 3. We found no covers or samples.