On the inside sleeve of the LP is printed "John Bindon 1943–1993", a reference to the British underworld figure and actor.
It was the second single to be taken from the Maladjusted album and was the third Morrissey single not to feature himself on the cover, instead a photograph of two boys taken by Roger Mayne on London Southam Street in the 1950s.
She is estranged from her intelligent and sensitive husband, Barrie (Fredric March) -- who has been driven to drink by his wife's insensitivity -- and she has neglected her introverted and maladjusted daughter, Blossom (Rita Quigley).