A backing track was recorded with producer Flood and an unnamed reggae singer was initially hired for the vocals. When the pairing proved unsuccessful, Flood recommended Paul Quinn, the lead singer of Bourgie Bourgie .
Clarke pursued the collaboration because he had "done nothing for so long" and was becoming bored after what he described as a "miserable" previous year. Musical Composition vince_clarkepaul_quinn_one_day_extension_1985_a...
It features Quinn’s soulful, New Romantic vocals over melancholic synthesizer textures and open drum machine beats. Critics have noted that its "acoustic guitar mimicking synth strum" foreshadowed the sound of future Erasure hits like "Ship of Fools". A backing track was recorded with producer Flood