• The song is well-known because of its music video directed by Spike Jonze. It is an homage to 70s crime dramas including Hawaii Five-O, Starsky & Hutch, Baretta, & SWAT. The knife-fight sequence was omitted when shown on MTV.
• Members of the Beastie Boys wrote the song. Beastie Boys & Mario Caldato, Jr. produced the track.
• The single was released on January 28th, 1994 and peaked at #18 on the Billboard Modern Rock Track chart.
• According to Rolling Stone (2004), this is one of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.