Matrix Information
Side 1: (stereo) A12000A
Side 2: (stereo) A12000B
Overview
Renewed interest in the original album created by the release of the 1978 film of the same name (directed by Michael Schultz and featuring Peter Frampton and the Bee Gees) led Capitol US to release this single in mid-August 1978. EMI (Australia) followed suit, releasing the same coupling two weeks later (but sans picture sleeve).
At the mastering stage, EMI (Australia)'s singles numbering sequence had reached only 11780. Phil Israel, Parlophone's label manager and an avid Beatles fan, decided to assign the release the number 12000. He considered it an appropriately neat, round number and a fitting conclusion to the existing sequence, which would restart at 100 some 13 months later, in September 1979. Underestimating the insatiable curiosity of Beatles collectors, Israel told the webmaster in 2025: "I didn't think anyone would notice or be interested in that".
The film was the catalyst behind EMI UK re-pressing the original album as a picture disc, which EMI (Australia) subsequently added to its catalogue as an import.
The single did not chart locally.
