The song was originally going to be a collaboration for the 199th Sbemail (meaning Strong Bad Email, a feature for the website Homestar Runner) like They Might Be Giants previous collaboration with The Brothers Chaps, Different Town.

Eventually, time passed and Sbemail 199 eventually happened, being the Sbemail: Magic Trick but TMBG decided to record a song for the 200th sbemail instead, with The Brothers Chaps making the typically silent character, The Poopsmith, breaking his vow of silence to sing this. (Which now makes The Poopsmith the only character to not be voiced by Matt Chapman or Missy Palmer)

The song was released for free on the website as an Easter egg for the Sbemail, but was also eventually released in 2011 for They Might Be Giants' rarities album: Album Raises New and Troubling Questions.

John Linnell later provided spoken dialog for The Poopsmith in the 2016 April Fools cartoon “Marzipan’s Answering Machine #17”.