 Live versions can also be found on the two live albums "Warts 'n' Audience" and "Straight from the Desk".Essentially the song is about being in a job that makes you happy.Dury claimed, in a 1984 interview with "Penthouse" magazine that, while not condemning 9-to-5 jobs, he had written the song to make people question their lives, echoing the sentiments of his earlier single "Sex and Drugs and Rock and Roll".