A sizable portion of the band's fanbase saw the song for little more than its trivial subject matter. The selection of the song as a single was attributed to the band's record company Reprise Records and was seen as an attempt to recapture the success of similarly rap-inspired singles "One Week" and "Pinch Me". The song was not particularly successful and did not attain the success of the two aforementioned songs, each being the first single from one of the band's two preceding albums ("Stunt" and "Maroon" respectively).