The single release for "Punch and Judy" was, to be frank, pathetic in terms of extra value. Any Marillion fan worth his or her salt would at this point already have "Market square heroes", so what did they put on the B-side? Yep: "Market square heroes"! A new version admittedly, but if you were a true fan and had bought the other twelve-inch singles you already had by now three or four versions of the song, and no matter how much you loved the band you did not really want another one! Well, not in lieu of another track that could have been on the B-side. Also, they stuck "Three boats" on it. Why? This had already been a B-side. Talk about ripping the fans off! Even the twelve-inch version of the A-side was exactly the same length as the seven-inch! Nothing to encourage or entice you to shell out the extra few quid, yet we all did. Fans or fools? Maybe both? Perhaps the Jester had the last laugh there.
Fans pushed the single up to the number 29 position in the charts, but it was largely ignored on the mainstream radio.
Now as for "Assassing", well, that was a different story. Well, sort of. At least this time you got the full version of the A-side, though in fairness it was the same version as you got on the album, so points off for that. Still, if you scrimped and only bought the seven-inch you got a crappy three minute edited version, so there was that. Then the B-side. Well, that at least was value for money. A brand new track which had not been available anywhere till then, called "Cinderella search", and which came in two versions --- you guessed it: edited on the seven-inch and full on the twelve, so at least it was worth squeezing the extra few pounds out of your wallet or purse to buy it.
Chartwise, this did slightly better than its predecessor, reaching the number 22 spot and earning the band another performance on "Top of the Pops". Oh joy!