"The Race Is On" was released in Yugoslavia on October 16, 1978 through Jugoton under licence from RAK Records. Issued under catalogue number SRAK-88978, the single coupled "The Race Is On" with "Non Citizen". The release formed part of an extensive international campaign during 1978, with editions appearing across Europe, Australasia, Africa, Japan and North America. While the Yugoslavian issue is the edition commemorated by this Chronicle, the single was simultaneously dist