- Creator Backlash: The band have admitted that they're pretty sick of "I Ran" after hearing it be overplayed for decades.
- Executive Meddling: Dream Come True was written as a Mike Score solo record, but Jive strong-armed him into bringing the other members on board and making it the fourth Seagulls album to try and save dwindling sales; It didn't help.
- Referenced by...:
- In X-Men: Apocalypse, Nightcrawler's bangs are modeled after Mike Score's. An Egyptian cover of "I Ran (So Far Away)" is blaring from a boombox at the Cairo market.
- From Pulp Fiction: Jules gets someone's attention by shouting "Hey! You! A Flock of Seagulls!"
- What Could Have Been: Mike Score originally wanted to call the band Level 7 after a post-apocalyptic science fiction novel, but the band Level 42 broke out around the same time.
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