[4] Ben Folds has spoken of feeling a social outcast at times and finding it hard to make friends as a child because his family was constantly moving.

As he found initial success with the band Majosha and then forming Ben Folds Five with Darren Jessee and Robert Sledge, he began to recognize members of his audiences as similar types of outcasts.

He noted that these types of people, who were in search of their own identities, would often find themselves gravitating towards the underground scenes (punk, ska, hardcore, etc.)

If there's a statement in it at all – and it's not the heaviest song obviously – it's that the underground or indie scene or whatever you wanna call it is just a social club.

It featured a degree of audience participation, including coordinated sound effects and retorts to various lines throughout the song.

[8] A live audio version of the song was released in August, 1996, in the United Kingdom by Vital Distribution as part of a 2-disc CD single set.

[8] Recorded August 12, 1995, at Ziggy's in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, by John Alagia and Doug Derryberry,[8] this live version appears with the album cut of the song on the second disc of the set.

Released in 1995 to radio programmers in the United States to promote the song and the album Ben Folds Five.

Released in 1995 to radio programmers in the United Kingdom to promote the song and the album Ben Folds Five.

The other tracks on the single were recorded live on August 12, 1995, at Ziggy's in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, by John Alagia and Doug Derryberry.

The other tracks were recorded live on August 12, 1995, at Ziggy's in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, by John Alagia and Doug Derryberry.