The song was released in March 2000 as the last single from their sixth studio album, Dizzy Up the Girl (1998).

Although not as popular as the albums previous singles "Iris" and "Slide", the song entered the top 30 in the United States, peaking at number 24 on the Billboard Hot 100 and coming in at number 84 on the Billboard year-end Hot 100 singles of 2000.

The lyrics "See the young man sittin' in the old man's bar / Waitin' for his turn to die" specifically refers to a common occurrence he saw in the bar he and his father frequented:[1] "When I was young, my dad used to take me down to the local bar, prop me up on the barstool, order a drink for himself, and a soda and chips for me.

He'd give me a quarter for the pinball machine and sit there and drink.

When they were old enough to drink with their dads, they took his place at the bar, carrying on the tradition.