 Isaac Brock had stated in an interview published on 10 April 2007 that the band intended to release the song on an EP at a later date, along with other tracks that did not make the album "We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank".During a boat trip with family and friends while on a visit to his native Australia in January 2007, actor Heath Ledger outlined a music video idea for the then unreleased song to frontman Isaac Brock and other band members.Modest Mouse, who had befriended Ledger through their tour manager, had been touring Australia at the time.