Silk Pyjamas

The song's accompanying music video was directed by Jonathan Teplitzky.^[3] It was filmed in the Plaza de la Catedral, Havana, Cuba, and was the first music video to have been shot there following the Cold War.^[4]

Upon its release as a single, Stephen Dalton of the NME was negative in his review, writing, "Past-it professional knob-twiddler pretending to cartwheel with innocent joy around a godawful boogie-woogie rewrite of Adam Ant's 'Prince Charming'. One question: why?"^[5] In a retrospective review of Astronauts & Heretics, James Chrispell of AllMusic noted that the song "has a unique pastiche of sound to it and also a very memorable tune to go along".^[6]

7–inch and cassette single (UK and Europe)^[7][8]

1. "Silk Pyjamas" (edited version) – 3:04
2. "Field Work" (Long London Mix) (Ryuichi Sakamoto featuring Thomas Dolby) – 6:03

CD limited edition single #1 (UK and Europe)^[9]

1. "Silk Pyjamas" (edited version) – 3:04
2. "Field Work" (Long London Mix) – 6:03
3. "Puppet Theatre" – 4:14
4. "Get Out of My Mix" (Dolby's Cube) – 5:25

CD limited edition single #2 (UK and Europe)^[10]

1. "Silk Pyjamas" (album version) – 3:40
2. "Airhead" – 3:40
3. "Urges" – 3:40
4. "Leipzig" – 3:52

"Silk Pyjamas"

• Thomas Dolby – vocals, piano, organ
• Larry Treadwell – guitar
• Matthew Seligman – bass
• Michael Doucet – Cajun fiddle
• Jimmy Breaux – Cajun accordion
• Mr. Pits – backing vocals
• Loz Netto – backing vocals
• Marcus Wallis – backing vocals
• Laura Creamer – backing vocals

Production

• Thomas Dolby – production ("Silk Pyjamas", "Puppet Theatre", "Airhead", "Urges", "Leipzig"), mixing ("Field Work")
• Ryuichi Sakamoto – production and arrangement ("Field Work")
• Hajime Tachibana – arrangement ("Field Work")
• Bill Bottrell – production ("Airhead")
• Andy Partridge – production ("Urges", "Leipzig")