A previous version of “Miss Misery” with different lyrics was recorded in Jackpot! Recording Studio in early 1997 and appears on the 2007 posthumous collection New Moon. The Good Will Hunting version was re-cut at Jackpot!
Music video
A music video was directed by Ross Harris, and features Smith walking around in a white suit, being followed by a policeman. The musician inserts change into expired parking meters so the policeman cannot write up tickets. The video was shot in the Silverlake neighborhood of Los Angeles; it opens in front of the Smog Cutter dive bar,[5] then follows Smith down both Virgil Avenue and Hoover Street.
One version of the video splices in some footage from Good Will Hunting.
