Gary Crowley's weekly Capital Radio show The Magic Box, Elvis Costello named the single one of the best he had heard all year. This was the beginning of Costello's championing of Prefab Sprout, which culminated in the band supporting him at several concerts in December 1983. The band were signed by Keith Armstrong's Kitchenware Records in March 1983, after Armstrong heard "Lions in My Own Garden: Exit Someone" played in the Newcastle branch of HMV he managed. Kitchenware reissued the single as "Lions in My Own Garden (Exit Someone)" in 1983. The song made its CD debut in 1990 when it was included on the Rough Trade compilation (Thanks To Rough Trade For) A Constant Source Of Interruption. It appears as track 1 on Prefab Sprout's second "best of" album, 38 Carat Collection (1999) and on Cherry Red Records' 2013 compilation album Scared to Get Happy: A Story of Indie-Pop 1980–1989. Track listings 7" Side 1 "Lions in My Own Garden (Exit Someone)" Side 2 "Radio Love" References External links 1982 songs 1982 debut singles Prefab Sprout songs Songs written by Paddy McAloon