"Burn Baby Burn" was originally written for "
Nu-Clear Sounds" but did not make the cut. However, Mark Hamilton liked the riff, and encouraged Wheeler to re-write parts of the song, namely the chorus. Wheeler came up with the chorus while driving back to his parents' house from
Belfast, and wrote it down when he got home. He said a personal breakup inspired the song. Originally the track was titled "This Is Slow Suicide", then simply "Slow Suicide", but was changed at the last minute to "Burn Baby Burn" to avoid radio censorship. "Burn Baby Burn" was the first song played on the BBC's
6 Music station. For release in America, the song was remixed and features a new 'mid-song breakdown' during the final bridge, which reflects the band's live arrangement. "Burn Baby Burn" has been consistently in the band's set since the song's release. As such it appears on the
Tokyo Blitz live DVD. "Burn Baby Burn" was also released as a DVD. The DVD featured the single, acoustic versions of the 1995 single "
Girl from Mars" the
Free All Angels track "Someday", and "Chinese New Year" - later released as a b-side to "Polaris", and was the first episode of Ash's road movies. Entitled "Episode 1: Road Movie", it lasted 20 minutes and starred the band's usual rockstar antics, ensuring a Parental Guidance sticker for the DVD. The DVD was limited edition, and only 8,000 were produced. The track was released in a promo EP form in many countries. In Australia, it starred all of the B-sides from the 2CDs released for "Burn Baby Burn", as well as the song itself. Stephen Merchant spoke with Radio 2 Zoe Ball, where he stated that this was his favourite song of all time. ==B-sides==