The song was a moderate commercial success, peaking at number 71 on the Billboard Hot 100, and number 23 on the Album Rock Tracks chart in 1989.
The music video features the band performing the song on a darkened stage set.
Various caricature illustrations are shown throughout the video, one of which was used as the cover art for the single.
Howard Johnson writing for Classic Rock ranked the song's video at No.
[3] It also makes an appearance in the third episode of the HBO teen drama series Euphoria.