It didn't make it to Billboard's Mainstream Top 40 chart, although it did reach a peak of #49 on the Radio & Records pop chart for one week on July 26, 1996 before falling off the following week.

[2] "Long Way Down" appeared on the soundtrack for the 1996 film Twister, which contributed to the song's success.

"Long Way Down" was covered by the metalcore band Haste the Day as the final track on their album When Everything Falls, released in 2005 on Solid State Records.

[3] In 2009, the rapper Charles Hamilton sampled "Long Way Down" on a song titled "Something" for his mixtape My Brain Is Alive.

The official music video for "Long Way Down" shows the three band members playing in a darkened room, with quick and dizzying camera angles.