Reminiscing

In 2005, Goble spoke of his inspiration and recording of the song, saying "I loved watching old black and white movies, and I always also loved the music of Glenn Miller and Cole Porter, that whole era of writing, and it was my attempt to write a song to depict the romantic era. It came out very quickly, I wrote it in about half an hour. Even though a lot of people think it sounds complicated, on the guitar it's very simple to play. It nearly never got recorded – when the time came to record it, the keyboard player I wanted to use, Peter Jones, was out of town, so we cut the band track with a different keyboard player. It didn't work. A few days later when we tried it again with a different keyboard player, again it didn't work, and the band was losing interest in the song. Just before the album was finished, Peter Jones came back into town, the band and I had an argument because I wanted to give Reminiscing a third chance. Peter played on it, we cut it, and finished it, and sent the album to Capitol. Capitol said that they couldn't hear any singles on the album, and didn't know what to release. Five weeks later, someone at Capitol's New York office said 'You're all crazy, Reminiscing is a smash.' Capitol put it out, and it just immediately caught on fire, and became our highest chart hit."[6]

In 2005, Goble said "It's quite staggering; you don't realise you've written something like that until it happens, until it's history."[7]

In July 1978, Shorrock recorded a Spanish-language version of the song, titled "Recordando", using the original backing track and backing vocals.[8]

Shorrock was a guest vocalist on guitarist Tommy Emmanuel's cover of the song on the 1998 album Collaboration. He also rerecorded "Reminiscing" for his 2019 album Glenn Shorrock Sings Little River Band.[9]

Goble, Shorrock and Beeb Birtles, three of the original members of Little River Band, who reformed under the name Birtles Shorrock Goble, recorded "Reminiscing" for their 2003 CD and DVD Full Circle.

Little River Band, now with lead singer Wayne Nelson, recorded the song for their 2016 album The Hits - Revisited.

Barry Manilow covered the song for his 1996 album Summer of '78.

Australian band Madison Avenue covered the song. The single was released during 2001 and certified Gold by ARIA.

k.d. lang recorded the song for the Australian version of her 2011 album Sing It Loud.

Thumbs Carllile made a jazz cover on his 1979 album Guitar Wizard.[10]

Carl Riseley included a jazz cover of the song on his 2008 album The Rise.

Biz Markie sampled the song for his song "Throwback" on the album Weekend Warrior.

• During American Idol's 2007 broadcast of Idol Gives Back, Ben Stiller jokingly threatened to sing the song nonstop until $200 billion in donations was achieved.[11]
• The song is featured in the Freaks and Geeks episode "Kim Kelly Is My Friend."[12]
• The song is featured in the film Monsters vs. Aliens.[13]
• The song is heard playing in the background during a scene in Knocked Up with Seth Rogen and Paul Rudd at a Las Vegas hotel room.[14]
• The song was used in the 2010 film The Other Guys.[15]
• The song is featured in the HBO series Divorce.
• The song was used as a bumper for Tom Hatten's Family Film Festival.[16]

Australian band Madison Avenue covered the song during 2001. Their version became a top ten success in their home country.

• Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics