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The song became well known for its music video, which parodies Mentos advertisements, turning them into commercials for " Footos.

" The concept came from director Jesse Peretz, who had originally pitched the idea to another band, and the Foo Fighters accepted as according to Grohl, " We had some difficulty finding a treatment that would suit the song, which is this short, tongue-in-cheek, ridiculously candy-coated pop tune.

We didn't want to make this big, pretentious portrait video.

We wanted to make fun of ourselves and the song.

" The video made its MTV debut on February 14, 1996, and quickly became a Buzz Bin clip.