The song's lyric, written by Holder, was based on a 1949 gangster film titled "White Heat", starring James Cagney.
Slade | Russell Slade | It Happened One Night | A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum | Slade Gorton | What Happened to Mary | What Happened to Goodbye | Whatever Happened to Slade | The Slade Box | Hamilton Slade | Bernard Slade | A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (film) | You're the Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me | Slade Smashes! | Slade In Flame | Slade Green | Sir John Slade, 1st Baronet | Michael Slade | Julian Slade | It Happened Tomorrow | It Happened in Athens | Hannah Slade Currier | Gurney Slade quarry | Universe (Slade song) | Tuiloma Neroni Slade | The Strange World of Gurney Slade | The Best Thing That Ever Could Have Happened | Slade Smashes | Slade's Ferry Bridge | Slade's Ferry |
The b-side "Forest Full of Needles" was originally exclusive to the single, eventually being released on CD via the 2007 compilation "B-Sides" and the remaster of Whatever Happened to Slade.
"Rock 'n' Roll Bolero" was later included as a bonus track on the remaster of the 1977 album Whatever Happened to Slade, the 2006 Japanese Air Mail Archive remaster of the 1979 album Return to Base, and part of the 2006 four-disc box set The Slade Box.