According to Pat DiNizio, God Save The Smithereens had several songs created "at the 11th hour" that weren't part of the millennium-influenced theme of the album.
"There were quite a few tunes that came in at the 11th hour that weren't necessarily part of the concept," Pat DiNizio told MTV in 1999. He realized after a while that the millennium-influenced project "had already begun to feel a bit dated and more than a tad gimmicky", so by the time the band entered the recording studio "we quickly and intuitively shifted gears". 
