In promotion of the single, Blink-182 performed the song live on late-night talk show Late Night with Conan O'Brien, and at the 2001 MTV Europe Music Awards.

[1] The group had written a dozen songs after three weeks and invited their manager, Rick DeVoe, to be the first person outside Blink-182 to hear the new material, which the band found "catchy [but with] a definitive edge".

"[6] Joshua Klein of The Washington Post found the track "immediately likable," if innocuous,[7] while Gina Vivinetto of Tampa Bay Times called the song a "tender tune.

"[9] Aaron Scott of Slant Magazine expressed the belief that the "biggest chunk of the record-buying public is just the right age to relate to their songs about first dates," viewing its parent album on the whole monotonous.

[13] It debuted on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks chart in the issue dated February 2, 2002 at position 25;[14] it began collecting significant airplay two weeks later.

Clad in long wigs, bell-bottoms and butterfly collars, the trio drive around a quiet suburb in a Volkswagen van, making stops at a diner and water park.

[20] Elements of the clip's concept stemmed from DeLonge, who viewed a documentary on the Bee Gees and found their hair and clothing outrageous: "I called up Mark and was like, 'Dude you've got to watch this shit.'

[21] The video debuted on MTV's Total Request Live on January 18, 2002;[22] it was added to the playlists of MuchMusic in Canada during the week of February 9, 2002,[23] and the College Television Network on March 16.

[15] As its radio performance peaked, it attracted airplay on MTV; it was first listed on Billboard's Video Monitor, ranking the most-played clips on television stations, in the week of April 20, 2002.