 The song was the only single from the album to chart, peaking at number 14 on "Billboard" Modern Rock Tracks chart.The title track, "When Your Heart Stops Beating", features "snotty, mid-range British-sounding Telecasters" and was inspired by the story of Sid Vicious and Nancy Spungen — "you love your lady and outside of that, fuck everything else," according to Hoppus.Barker built the song around the driving bass drum beat