Bassist Tim Commerford's then-1-year-old son was featured in the video.
The video was shot in an old Spanish mansion in Los Angeles, California where legendary guitarist Jimi Hendrix once lived and wrote music.
"Like a Stone" is Audioslave's biggest U.S. hit single. The song topped both the Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks and Hot Modern Rock Tracks charts, and reached number 31 on the Hot 100 chart, making it their biggest US hit. "Like a Stone" has been certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). It became the fifth best performing alternative song on the Alternative Songs chart of the decade and the eighth best performing rock song on the Mainstream Rock chart of the decade.
As of 2018, the music video for "Like a Stone" has over 300 million views on YouTube.