Beastie Boys

"The way that I feel about it is that if I'm on the air, if I'm getting that kind of attention, it's something that can be used towards a positive end" - Adam Yauch, 1998 on the song's lyrics

"[A song] could be an idea from here that sets the ball rolling or a sample from there or just a lyric and then we just mess around with it. That's why it takes us so long to make and release records, we try so much stuff out. Sometimes you get a song like 'I Don't Know' and it's fine, you don't have to mess with it." - Mike Diamond, 2001

Press

"...a bossa nova ballad..." - Rolling Stone, 1998

"...sounds like Thurston Moore singing Beck" - The Worcester Phoenix, 1998

"...a low-fi gem that demands repeated plays" - Boston Globe, July 1998

"...[a] hippie-acoustic, complete with bossa nova backing" - The Face, July 1998

"...a sublime Brazilian-flavored acoustic number sweetly delivered by MCA" - 1998

"...a candid helplessness you usually get from Elliott Smith" - Rolling Stone, September 1998

"...one of the best cuts the Beasties have ever written" - Sky Magazine, 1998