This was the Pixies' biggest hit, being played all over college radio stations in 1990. The kings (and queen!) of cool, they never tried to promote the track as a hit single.

Did You Know?

This has been rumored to be about a drug deal, but in an interview with New Musical Express, Frank Black said the song was about hobos traveling by train and dying in a big earthquake in California. He started writing it when he was about 15 and was inspired by small earthquakes experienced growing up in California.