It later appeared on the CD version of the "Spit on a Stranger" EP in 1999,[1] and on the 2008 expanded reissue of Brighten The Corners, the Nicene Creedence Edition.
[3] The song's second verse, "Show me a word that rhymes with pavement/And I won't kill your parents and roast them on a spit," is a joke description of the word "depravement," with Malkmus describing the line as "the kind of thing you write when you're feeling cocky and you think it's a b-side [sic].
[8] By contrast, "Cut Your Hair," the band's second-most popular song on Spotify, had 42 million streams.
[4] Scott Kanneberg cited the late success of "Harness Your Hopes" as "breath[ing] new life" into Pavement following their breakup, and Malkmus regretted his decision to leave it off the final album.
[9] A music video for the song, directed by Alex Ross Perry and starring Yellowjackets actor Sophie Thatcher was released on March 10, 2022, to promote the upcoming re-release of the Spit on a Stranger EP.