the song was also featured prominently in the  film grosse pointe blank john cusack had initially requested an updated version of the song which led to the band recording a new slower arrangement that featured saxophones strings and other instruments this version of the song was dubbed "blister " however cusack eventually decided he wanted to include the original version of the song as well because the original master tapes of the bands debut album had long been disposed of they decided to record a new version of the original  arrangement curiously neither of these rerecorded versions appears in the actual film although a new music video was created for the new recording of the  arrangement it features gordon gano as a deranged assassin trying to kill socks the cat in puppet form interspersed with clips from the film