Synopsis
Sheryl Crow performs inside the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, surrounded by taxidermied animals and endangered-species exhibits. The museum setting gives the video an unusual, slightly surreal backdrop as Crow moves through display areas in a succession of distinctly 1990s outfits, alternating between posed shots and direct-to-camera performance. The polished color video turns the song's restless emotional tone into a visual contrast: a catchy rock performance staged among silent museum specimens and carefully arranged natural-history tableaux.
Factoids & Trivia
- Two different music videos were made for the song. The better-known color version uses the Endangered Species section of the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.
- An alternate version was filmed entirely in black and white. It follows Crow through an apartment, city streets, a subway, a boardwalk, and a mall before returning to the apartment.
- The single was released in 1996 as the lead track from Crow's self-titled second album. It marked a heavier rock direction compared with much of her debut, with a prominent electric-guitar riff and a slower, pounding drum groove.
- Crow co-wrote the song with Jeff Trott and produced the recording herself.
- The song reached No. 10 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and won the Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance at the 39th Grammy Awards in 1997.
- The video remains closely associated with the song's visual identity, particularly because of its museum setting and Crow's intentionally over-the-top 1990s styling.