The B-side, "Strange Invitation", is a re-recorded version of "Jack-Ass", played on acoustic guitar and strings and forecasts the style Beck would later use on Sea Change in 2002.
Beck Hansen: Vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, bass, electric piano, harmonica, xylophone
Written by: Beck/The Dust Brothers
Programmed by: Beck/The Dust Brothers
Music video
The music video for the single was directed by Steve Hanft, and features the Butch Vig mix included on the single rather than the album version.[4] In it, Beck and several other miners are in a black-and-white coal mine. Willie Nelson appears with a dog in a passing mine cart. Later, Beck's character sees a show girl atop a pile of coal that turns into a peacock. At the end of the work shift, the miners emerge into a fully colored world. A fully suited beekeeper waves at the passers-by. It first aired in July 1997.
"Burro" is the Spanish version of "Jack-Ass". It was released on the 2000 album Stray Blues. Heather Phares of AllMusic called "Burro" "surprisingly straight mariachi".[6]
References
^"The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time". Rolling Stone. 2020-09-22. Retrieved 2023-08-06. ...while reminding listeners of the Sixties and his own folk roots with the shabby, lovely "Jack-Ass".
