The band premiered the song, that was then still an instrumental, on June 3rd 1993 in Kobenhavn, Denmark:

Apparently written as a tribute to Sonic Youth, this song was part of the band's mid-1993 live set as an instrumental, and Thom explained that it had been offered for a soundtrack but ultimately rejected. It was, at this time, much shorter then it is on the My Iron Lung EP.

The song is included on this august 1994 work-in-progress tape compilation. The handwriting is Thom's. While Side A of the cassette contains some rough mixes and lists working titles, Side B apparently has the finished tracks for the various My iron Lung singles and EPs:

Kid A tour

june 2000

july 2000

september 2000

october 2000

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	Permanent Daylight [10]																		01		07			12				20		24			29		02	03		07		11
	Killer Cars [2]					19																				16
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	Bishop's Robes [1]														04

Amnesiac tour

may 2001

june 2001

07/'01

august 2001

september 2001

10/2001

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	Permanent Daylight [9]									20		24	27					01			07						08		11			30			04
	Killer Cars [1]			30
	Talk Show Host [28]	26	28	30	01	02	04	09	18	20	23	24	27	29	30	07	30	01	03	05	07	08	14		17		08		11	14	29			03