"Negasonic Teenage Warhead" was the first song recorded by Monster Magnet after the release of their previous album Superjudge because a five-minute version of it had to appear in the 1994 movie S.F.W.

[7] The song would become the band's first hit single,[3] garnering play on modern rock radio and MTV.

He wanted to show with the song that he doesn't like artists whose lyrics always deal with depression, unhappiness, and such things.

[10] The video of the song, which featured the work of director Gore Verbinski and film editor Craig Wood[11] shows all members of Monster Magnet performing ordinary activities on asteroids while they are being watched by an enormous woman.

[6] Released during the era of grunge, when Monster Magnet's retro-rock style was highly unfashionable,[3] the song didn't attract enough attention of radio stations so it was only a moderate hit.