In 2015, Loudwire and Stereogum ranked the song number one and number two, respectively, on their lists of the 10 greatest Stone Temple Pilots songs. Composition According to Weiland, the song was about the troubles he was having with his girlfriend, Jannina, saying, "The words are about the lies I was trying to conceal while making the Purple record". "She'd ask how I was doing, and I'd lie, say I was doing fine," he wrote in his autobiography Not Dead and Not For Sale. "I imagined what was going through her mind when I wrote, 'Waiting on a Sunday afternoon for what I read between the lines, your lies, feelin' like a hand in rusted shame, so do you laugh or does it cry? Reply?'" The song has been described as grunge, alternative rock, country rock, and hard rock. Music video The music video, directed by Kevin Kerslake, has a washed-out color effect throughout the majority of the video and features a long-nosed protagonist escaping from an unseen pursuer. The protagonist's nose grows longer throughout the video (similar to Pinocchio), to symbolize the theme of lying in the song lyrics. At the beginning of the video, an early 1900s silent film-esque clip of the protagonist is shown. Track listing "Interstate Love Song" – 03:16 "Lounge Fly" – 05:19 "Vasoline" [Live] – 03:16 "Interstate Love Song" [Live] – 03:20 Charts Weekly charts Year-end charts References 1994 singles 1994 songs Atlantic Records singles Music videos directed by Kevin Kerslake Song recordings produced by Brendan O'Brien (record producer) Songs about heroin Songs written by Robert DeLeo Songs written by Scott Weiland Stone Temple Pilots songs