▁single ▁from ▁their ▁debut ▁album ▁Rot ting ▁Pi ñ ata . ▁ ▁Origin ▁and ▁recording ▁The ▁original ▁song ▁" M olly " ▁was ▁ost ens ibly ▁named ▁after ▁actress ▁Mol ly ▁Ring wald , ▁who ▁star red ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 8 4 ▁film ▁Six teen ▁Cand les . ▁However , ▁the ▁lyr ics ▁were ▁partly ▁inspired ▁by ▁a ▁story ▁the ▁Cross ▁brothers ▁had ▁heard ▁about ▁a ▁girl ▁who ▁fell ▁in ▁love ▁with ▁one ▁of ▁her ▁teachers ▁shortly ▁before ▁her ▁ 1 6 th ▁birth day , ▁who ▁then ▁attempted ▁to ▁commit ▁suic ide ▁after ▁he ▁rejected ▁her ▁adv ances . ▁" M olly " ▁is ▁also ▁the ▁name ▁of ▁the ▁band ' s ▁greatest ▁hits ▁album , ▁which ▁was ▁released ▁by ▁Sony ▁Music ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 0 . ▁ ▁Release ▁and ▁reception ▁It ▁is ▁the ▁band ' s ▁only ▁song ▁to ▁appear ▁on ▁the ▁U . S . ▁Billboard ▁Hot ▁ 1 0 0 ▁singles ▁chart ▁to ▁date , ▁having ▁pe aked ▁at ▁number ▁ 5 5 ▁in ▁August ▁ 1 9 9 5 . ▁It ▁is ▁the ▁band ' s ▁highest - chart ing ▁song ▁on ▁the ▁Modern ▁Rock ▁Tra cks ▁chart , ▁where ▁it ▁reached ▁number ▁ 3 . ▁The ▁song ▁also ▁reached ▁number ▁ 1 1 ▁on ▁the ▁Main stream ▁Rock ▁Tra cks ▁chart . ▁ ▁Music ▁video ▁A ▁music ▁video ▁with ▁the ▁single ▁version ▁of ▁the ▁song ▁was ▁released ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 5 ▁and ▁was ▁directed ▁by ▁Doug ▁A it ken . ▁