Mike Rutherford via Songfacts

It was a huge hit in Europe and didn’t quite happen in America. It’s a sort of silly song, because there’re nothing much to it. It’s more about the drum machine and the guitars and the sound because the words are a little sad actually. But the song doesn’t feel sad. When you play it on stage everyone’s very up, so it’s a funny mixture.

“But it’s such a unique song. I’m not saying it’s good or bad, it’s just often solidifying. It’s a sort of foolish song really, but it seems to connect with the crowd.

Mike Rutherford revealed that this wasn’t planned:

Paul Carrack did it when we recorded it, thinking that he whistles where the solo will be – the guitar solo or saxophone. He thought, I’ll whistle now and then we’ll put an instrument playing the solo. I said, “Sounds great.” And we kept it, to his surprise.