The later album and single version was produced by British music producers, Damien Mendis and Stuart Bradbury-who also created club mixes under the name of Soulchild. They were forced to drop this name following legal pressure from the Bristol trip hop collective of the same name. The song was originally recorded in early 2000, when the band was under the name The Wildbunch.
O'Leary and not White, although music critics suspected this name was a pseudonym for White. Members of the band have claimed in interviews that the singer was an auto mechanic named John S. Jack White of the White Stripes, a fellow Detroit native, performed the secondary lead vocals on the track.
