The track was written and performed by British band Alabama 3 and released in 1997 on their debut album Exile on Coldharbour Lane. Its Chosen One Mix became famous from 1999 as the opening theme for HBO crime drama The Sopranos, playing over Tony Soprano driving through New Jersey in the credits. That association locked the lyric to mob culture in popular memory. Fans now reuse the short excerpt for Sopranos tributes, mafia parodies and everyday videos that borrow the show's confident, ominous morning energy.