Whakakiia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te whakaaturanga ora o te waiata i te tau 1989, ka kii a Stipe ki te hunga whakarongo, "Ko tenei waiata ka puta ki te Exxon Corporation". I puta tēnei whakaaturanga i muri tata mai i te
"Exxon Valdez" oil spill, i te wa i pa ai te kaipuke hinu "Exxon Valdez" ki te Bligh Reef ka marara mai i te 260,000 ki te 750,000 pareparenga o te hinu raw. Ka taea pea e tenei te whakarahi ake i te karere taiao o te pukaemi "Green".