 The song features the advertised album line-up, including new drummer Matt Sherrod and returning member of Crowded House Mark Hart, neither of whom were on the studio version.In the UK, "Time on Earth" became the band's highest charting studio album, debuting at number three on the UK Albums Chart with sales of 27,799.The album has been very well received by critics, with Hal Horowitz of Amazon.com praising the album as "a worthy successor to Crowded House's existing catalog".