A remix featuring Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott was released as the third and final single from the album on November 6, 2001, by Virgin Records.

The album version of "Son of a Gun (I Betcha Think This Song Is About You)" received mixed reviews from music critics, with some calling it a highlight from the album, and others criticizing Simon's rapping; the remix version received a similarly mixed reaction from reviewers.

It was also met with weak charting positions worldwide due to Virgin abruptly ending the promotional campaign for All For You due to the company's financial difficulties; in Jackson's native United States, the song reached a peak of number 28 on the US Billboard Hot 100, her first single in the country to miss the top ten in over a decade, as well as her lowest-charting single since 1983.

The song's accompanying music video directed by Francis Lawrence – which depicts Jackson stalking a man at Los Angeles' Millennium Biltmore Hotel – received positive reviews, and inspired such acts as Britney Spears.

Jackson's producer Jimmy Jam sent her the tracks they were already working on, and she went into a studio on Martha's Vineyard to record some material.

She rapped, initially thinking that Jackson and the producers would not use it, but they decided to marry both tracks, as the singers thought it "worked perfectly", and it became a duet.

It was serviced to American contemporary hit radio on November 6, 2001, and was released in the United Kingdom on December 10, 2001, as a CD and cassette single.

[10][11] Its composition excoriates an unfaithful lover for attempting to extort money, described as a "mean-spirited duet that rails against enemies.

[15] Both the album and remix versions of "Son of a Gun (I Betcha Think This Song Is About You)" received mixed reviews from music critics.

He likened it to a car wreck: "impossible not to be horrified yet strangely intrigued", and called Simon's spoken-word verses "embarrassing".

[12] Chuck Taylor from Billboard reviewed the remix version of "Son of a Gun (I Betcha Think This Song Is About You)" and considered it "more of a breakdown than anything we might regard as a standard composition, but the ingredients somehow make musical gumbo".

[26] On the mainland, the song failed to achieve the same success, peaking at number 69 in Germany, 54 in Romania, and 56 in Switzerland.

Jackson is also seen eating a spider, smashing jugs of water with a baseball bat, and taunting the man using telekinetic powers.

[33] A reported Jackson admirer, American singer Britney Spears was inspired by the "Son of a Gun (I Betcha Think This Song Is About You)" music video.

[35] The February 16, 2002, final date of the tour at the Aloha Stadium in Hawaii, was broadcast by HBO, and had an appearance by Elliott on the performance of the song.