Morissette subsequently released a duet version of the song featuring Jagged Little Pill actress Elizabeth Stanley with the rest of the cast on backing vocals.

In Jagged Little Pill, the song appears in the first act sung by Mary Jane (MJ) Healy, the matriarch of a suburban Connecticut family.

In the scene, she is singing about her feelings of having to keep up appearances while dealing with the pressures of motherhood and everyday life, as well as struggling with an addiction to painkillers following a car accident.

The song is sung right after a pharmacist refuses to provide further pain medication as her prescription has run out.

During the song, MJ's day is shown in reverse, detailing her life and addiction from unpacking groceries to the street deal to running out of medication in the morning.