The song was originally written in 1983, and the following year they recorded it with Bobby Orlando. Indeed, the song was written to sound like Orlando's music, as the band were fans of him at the time. Although Neil has stated he may prefer the Bobby O version of the track, it was never released.
After signing with Parlophone, the band decided to make this song their first single as a lead-up to an album. The song was re-recorded with J. J. Jeczalic of the Art Of Noise and Nicholas Froome. According to Neil, the original 1985 single took three weeks to record, and cost £40,000.
For the Please album, the vocals were rerecorded, and some of the tracks were reprogrammed by Stephen Hague. The reprise that is track six off of Please was taken from the original recording of 1985, which appears in some early cuts of the mix (later released on re-issues of Please ). The party heard in the background was recorded at Sarm East Studios in London.
The 'Please' production was subsequently re-released as a single in 1986 and did slightly better on the charts than its predecessor.
