 The beginning of the album version of the track is a sample from the live version of "Surrender" by Cheap Trick from their live album "Cheap Trick at Budokan".MTV and VH1 credit the "Jimmy James" music video to Nathanial Hörnblowér, Adam Yauch's director alter ego.However, on the Beastie Boys' "Sabotage" VHS tape released in 1994, the "Jimmy James" music video is listed as being co-directed by Yauch (as Nathanial Hörnblowér) and Lisa Ann Cabasa, an actress, and Yauch's girlfriend at the time the video was made.