It was released on May 18, 2006, through Geffen Records, as the lead single from their debut studio album, We Don't Need to Whisper (2006).

The track was also played in the crowd warm-up session before Barack Obama's presidential election rallies in 2008.

[citation needed] The song was officially released on February 20, 2006, as an internet-only short film.

DeLonge stated that "...it kind of looks like George Lucas' THX 1138, where it's all beautiful naked women and fast cars and concrete and glass architecture."

It ends with clips of World War II and DeLonge walking off into the distance in a meadow with the sky lit with planets.