Despite the lack of a commercial single release, the song managed to reach number 13 on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart.
That's why instead of a lyric sheet we put in an X-ray of my teeth from last January and they are all in very bad shape, which was analogous to my head at the time.
The ultimate one as far as being co-opted was that there was a guy on TV, predictably patterned, I guess, after the way I was looking those days, with long hair and an Army T-shirt.
"[5] Chris True of AllMusic described it as "simple, straightforward rock, the kind that Pearl Jam excelled at."
He added, "Classic Pearl Jam—earnest lyrics and vocals, powerful classic sounding guitars, loose yet in control rhythm section, bass driven and tension filled breakdown (with Eddie mumbling in the background, of course) is all here, even down to the loose jam style outro.
The "Corduroy - Alternate take" version of the song is featured at the end of Episode 3: "War" of Super Pumped.