Stephen Sondheim lyrics for a musical version of "The Exception and the Rule"; according to Robbins, Bernstein would not work without Sondheim. When Sondheim agreed, Guare asked: "Why haven't you all worked together since "West Side Story"?" Sondheim answered, "You'll see". Guare said that working with Sondheim was like being with an old college roommate, and he depended on him to "decode and decipher their crazy way of working"; Bernstein worked only after midnight, and Robbins only in the early morning. Bernstein's score, which was supposed to be light, was influenced by his need to make a musical statement. Stuart Ostrow, who
Pets (song) radio play. No material was cut; the edit had virtually the same running length as the album version. Commercially, the song reached No. 67 on the US "Billboard" Hot 100, No. 1 on the "Billboard" Modern Rock Tracks chart and No. 53 on the UK Singles Chart. In Australia, "Pets" was the 33rd most popular radio hit on the Triple J Hottest 100 countdown for 1993. Most versions of the single included the previously unreleased non-album track "Tonight", recorded during the "Porno for Pyros" album sessions. "Tonight" is a cover of a song written by Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim