"[6] During the writing process, Robert Smith became convinced that he had inadvertently stolen the chord progression from somewhere, and this led him to a state of paranoia where he called everyone he could think of and played the song for them, asking if they had heard it before.

[10] In the United States, the song reached number 18 on the Billboard Hot 100, giving the band their last American top-40 hit to date.

[11] It was also the band's last song (in a string of four) to top the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart, matching the success of their previous single, "High", with a four-week stint at number one.

Tim Pope makes a cameo at the beginning, riding a rocking horse and yelling out high-pitched stage directions through a plastic megaphone after inhaling helium from a balloon.

The final shot is of bassist Simon Gallup crouching and peering into the camera while wearing a bridal veil and holding some champagne.