• This song is about his childhood 'We're grown up orphans who never knew their names'. More specifically about his parents dying when he was young and his sisters raising him.
• Johnny Rzeznik & Rob Takac share writing credits on the song.
• The single was released on September 26th, 1995 and peaked at #5 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. It also topped the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks & Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks charts.