 In 2014, Sonic Youth vocalist and guitarist Thurston Moore named "Hong Kong Garden" as one of his 25 all-time favourite songs.On the first studio version recorded by the BBC in February 1978, the "Oriental" hook was played on a pixiphone, a toy glockenspiel with metallic bars; this version was later issued on both "" and "At the BBC".On the second version recorded for Polydor in June 1978, the instrument used was a xylophone, an instrument with wooden bars.