While the song has always been controversial for its repeated use of the racial epithet "nigger", a remix was included on the soundtrack of the 1994 film Natural Born Killers and it has since been covered by several other artists, including Marilyn Manson (1995).
[6] In the song, Smith self-identifies as a "nigger", which she uses to mean a rebellious and honorable outsider.
In an interview following the release of Easter, Smith discussed the song with a reporter from Rolling Stone.
Smith: On our liner notes I redefined the word nigger as being an artist-mutant that was going beyond gender.
Reporter: I didn't understand how Mick Jagger has suffered like anyone who grew up in Harlem.
[11] Marilyn Manson covered the song for his 1995 album Smells like Children.