In Canada, it debuted and peaked at number 15 on the newly established RPM Alternative 30 chart.

Some music critics unfavorably compared Perry's song to Sobule's due to their titles.

She stated that she "rambled on with a string of over the top dumb-ass profanities, purposely out of character and completely in jest ...

[7] The music video featured Italian model Fabio playing Sobule's heterosexual love interest.

It parodies his romance novel covers, and features young women in 1960s-style hair and dresses.