In 1993–1994, almost six years after its original release, a remixed version of the song titled "Mother '93" became a hit on radio and earned Buzz Bin rotation on MTV[1] after a music video incorporating live footage was created to promote the band's new EP, Thrall-Demonsweatlive.

During this time the single was reissued by American Recordings, with the remix title updated to "Mother '94" on later versions.

[6] The "live" version of "Mother '93" included an overdubbed concert audience atop the original track.

"[7] The video begins with the quotation "Then I saw there was a way to Hell even from the gates of Heaven", taken from The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan.

[9] Both the original "Mother" music video and the live footage version appeared on Beavis and Butt-head, in the episodes "Couch Fishing" and "Crisis Line" respectively.

The song has been covered by Anberlin, The Independents, Coheed and Cambria, Mason Jennings, Lissie, Edge of Sanity and by Tim McIlrath of Rise Against.

The song has been covered live by Sleater-Kinney,[10] Umphrey's McGee, Motionless in White, Ryan Adams, and as part of The A.V.

"Mother" is featured on the in-game radio station 'Radio X' in the video games Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas and also appeared in True Crime: New York City.

While pitching as the closer for the Boston Red Sox in 2004 and 2005, Keith Foulke entered home games to the playing of "Mother".