It was released in August 1998 as the lead single from their sixth studio album, The Last Wave of Summer (1998).

Barnes claimed the song was about, "a guy standing on a street corner, drinking a beer, while his girlfriend is upstairs doing to someone else what he'd love her to do to him, and he thinks about killing them both."

"[1] Author Don Walker said, "One stage I was mucking around with some songs with Spencer Jones and I showed him the idea because I thought he might be able to finish it off.

'"[2] Musically, Walker described the song as, "five white guys trying to copy the Motown sound of the Four Tops.

The recorded version featured shortened verses (recommended to Walker by Charles Fisher) and a key-change after the chorus.