▁Rock ▁category ▁on ▁the ▁same ▁website . ▁On ▁ 2 7 ▁January , ▁the ▁song ▁entered ▁at ▁No . ▁ 2 5 ▁on ▁the ▁official ▁UK ▁mid - week ▁chart , ▁and ▁No . ▁ 7 2 ▁on ▁the ▁overall ▁chart ▁for ▁the ▁week . ▁ ▁Prom otion ▁Upon ▁its ▁original ▁release , ▁the ▁band ▁performed ▁the ▁song ▁on ▁UK ▁music ▁show ▁Top ▁of ▁the ▁P ops . ▁The ▁performance ▁on ▁the ▁show ▁featured ▁m im ed ▁instrument al ▁backing , ▁with ▁Har ley ▁performing ▁a ▁live ▁vocal . ▁On ▁the ▁show , ▁Har ley ▁was ▁suffering ▁from ▁jet - lag , ▁and ▁subsequently ▁forgot ▁the ▁lyr ics ▁to ▁the ▁majority ▁of ▁the ▁second ▁and ▁third ▁vers es . ▁According ▁to ▁the ▁E MI ▁producer ▁of ▁the ▁single , ▁Tony ▁Clark , ▁it ▁was ▁Marc ▁Bol an ▁who ▁made ▁the ▁phone ▁call ▁to ▁Top ▁of ▁the ▁P ops , ▁and ▁had ▁Har ley ▁in ▁the ▁BBC ▁studio ▁that ▁same ▁evening ▁of ▁the ▁recording . ▁The ▁band ▁also ▁performed ▁the ▁song ▁on ▁the ▁Russell ▁Hart y ▁Show ▁while ▁it ▁was ▁at ▁number ▁one . ▁ ▁Crit ical ▁reception ▁In ▁a ▁ret ros pective ▁review ▁of ▁The ▁Best ▁Years ▁of ▁Our ▁L ives , ▁Donald ▁A . ▁Gu aris co ▁of ▁All Music ▁described ▁the ▁song ▁as ▁a ▁" rom antic ▁pop ▁t une " ▁and ▁a ▁" most ▁impress ive ▁hit ", ▁adding ▁that ▁it ▁" p airs ▁Har ley ' s ▁clever ▁word play ▁with ▁a ▁clever ▁pop ▁t une ▁that ▁bo asts