public image ltd performed the song in concert from 1978 to 1979 in a set that mostly featured work from the band's first album, "". at the kings hall in manchester in 1979 john lydon introduces the song by saying "the next one is sarcasm, in case you get it wrong." on a recording of the december 1978 rainbow theatre concert he responds to crowd complaints by saying "if you make as much fuss about the next fucking bus you've got to wait for, you might be better off, know what i mean?"