: The track spent 13 weeks at #1 on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart and reached #14 on the Billboard Hot 100 .

: It remains one of the band's most popular songs, with the official video amassing over 900 million views on YouTube.

: Shot in stark black and white with high-contrast shadows, it heavily references German Expressionism (specifically the 1920 film The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari ).

The lyrics, written by lead singer , explore heavy themes related to addiction, loss, and the struggle for recovery:

: The chorus—"How long, how long will I slide?"—reflects the exhausting cycle of substance abuse and the fear of falling back into old habits.

: It is frequently interpreted as a tribute to the band's original guitarist, Hillel Slovak, who passed away from a heroin overdose in 1988.