Much of this song makes reference to early hip-hop when DJs would loop drum breaks (using two turntables) and hype the crowd (with a microphone). It also relates to Beck's early years as a musician, as the line, "Pulling out jobs and jamboree handouts" is about his years touring wherever he could and taking odd jobs to get by.
Parts of the song are based on a 1969 middle-school sex education album called "Sex For Teens (Where It's At)." Samples from the album appear throughout the song, for instance: "What about those who swing both ways: AC-DC."
Beck (from Rolling Stone magazine): "I came up with that little riff on the Wurlitzer organ, and said I gotta remember this. (The producers) The Dust Brothers were like-minded. We were drawn to the way drums had been recorded in the Sixties and early Seventies: sort of a heavy, dry, thick, soulful sound."
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