▁During ▁some ▁live ▁performances , ▁ESP N ▁person ality ▁Chris ▁B erman , ▁who ▁is ▁a ▁fan ▁of ▁the ▁band , ▁has ▁shown ▁up ▁as ▁a ▁surprise ▁guest , ▁singing ▁the ▁song ▁with ▁the ▁band . ▁B erman , ▁who ▁met ▁the ▁band ▁at ▁an ▁ESP N ▁t enth ▁anni versary ▁party , ▁when ▁describing ▁football ▁highlight s ▁on ▁NFL ▁Live , ▁would ▁sometimes ▁reference ▁the ▁ch orus ▁to ▁the ▁song . ▁ ▁Re ception ▁Re ception ▁for ▁the ▁song ▁was ▁very ▁mixed . ▁Christopher ▁Con nel ly ▁of ▁Rol ling ▁Stone ▁said ▁that ▁the ▁song ▁was ▁" anno ying ", ▁and ▁added ▁that , ▁" where in ▁Lewis ▁even ▁s ings ▁" des per ation " ▁just ▁like ▁Men ▁at ▁Work ' s ▁Col in ▁Hay . ▁The ▁t une ' s ▁a ▁sem ist om per ▁but ▁has ▁lines ▁about ▁a ▁Vietnam ▁serv ic eman – " I ' m ▁the ▁boy ▁next ▁door / The ▁one ▁you ▁find ▁so ▁easy ▁to ▁ignore / Is ▁that ▁what ▁I ▁was ▁fighting ▁for ?" – that ▁some ▁claim ▁equ ates ▁military ▁service ▁with ▁Getting ▁the ▁Girl ." ▁Steve ▁Mor se ▁of ▁The ▁Boston ▁Glo be ▁thought ▁that ▁it ▁was ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁band ' s ▁more ▁" ser ious " ▁songs . ▁Mor se ▁also ▁thought ▁that ▁it ▁was ▁an ▁" un us ual ▁piece " ▁and ▁that ▁it ▁was ▁a ▁" f unk y ▁o de ▁to ▁Vietnam ▁veter ans ". ▁Robert ▁Dra per ▁of ▁the ▁Austin ▁Chron icle ▁said ▁that ▁it