 It was released on 14 November 1969, two months before the release of "The Madcap Laughs".In France, the single gained a picture sleeve, which had the drawing of an octopus on it.A very scarce exemplar of this single has been auctioned for 10,500 euros on 19 June 2016 (Lot 284) during an 8000 vinyl records sale organized by the "Discothèque de Radio France"

It was included on the multi-artist Harvest compilation "A Breath of Fresh Air – A Harvest Records Anthology 1969–1974" in 2007.