Jimmy Iovine, their label’s founder, gave 4 Non Blondes his blessing to rerecord the song because “he liked the demo version better than David’s.” So, the band re-recorded “What’s Up?” in one day, making Perry feel relieved. “Everything went right back to the original way I wrote it, and then we mixed it that night and it got on [Bigger, Better, Faster, More!],” she said. “That’s the one that sold seven million records, that’s the one that was all over the radio, that’s the one that got successful — that version.”
