This episode takes its title from the Beatles song of the same name. Joe Cocker's version of the song was used as the opening theme for "The Wonder Years", which replaced "China Beach" as ABC's lead-out for Super Bowl XXII at the last minute due to concerns about the game going long and pushing the end of the "China Beach" pilot to air after midnight on the East Coast. Coincidentally, "The Wonder Years" is also set during the period in which the Vietnam War raged, with the pilot ending with the announcement that Winnie's brother Brian was killed in action during the war. Several other references to the war are made throughout "The Wonder Years".