The song title was inspired by the band's tendency to lose their nerve and ability to play with feeling when there's a sense they're being watched or judged. Guitarist Poncho Sampedro explains in a March 2021 interview for Rolling Stone:

What a powerful show. Neil has said that he transitioned into his Harvest Moon phase because this tour burned him out, and it's easy to see why. Even just witnessing this one show, it's exhausting (in the best sense of the word). Matrix / Runout (Variant 2 - side D runout): WMME Alsdorf 759 926671-1-D2 1-26671 SIDE D SR1 - DMM SP1-2 KDISC DMM JG 7 I'm so glad he chose to put these versions out there in this chaotic world. They are more than strong enough to fend for themselves. Matrix / Runout (Variant 4 - side C runout): 1-26671 SIDE C 2 SR1 DMM SP1-5 39 WMME Alsdorf 759 926671-1-C3x This being a rough cut of the concert, it actually is very watchable. Yes the sound is quite cavernous throughout and there are some minor dropouts, but Neil has said that this is a raw product as it is right now. He also suggests that perhaps it should be left this way, in its ragged form. Maybe so, but I’m sure more work will be done before it gets a official release.This Buffalo video of Like A Hurricane is one of the greatest Neil Young films ever. And in 1991, it was obviously considered special enough to include on the official Weld CD. Speak not because it is safe, but because it is right.— Edward Snowden (@Snowden) February 11, 2017

Constantines: Celebrating 10 Years". Arts-crafts.ca. Archived from the original on June 9, 2015 . Retrieved June 2, 2015. Dutchcharts.nl – Neil Young and Crazy Horse – Ragged Glory" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved October 29, 2022.Also- again- many have pointed it out, but Uncle Eddie must've really really had a poignant impact on Neil. Really nice to see how he took it to heart, and won't forget about him (and agreed, the credits were an awesome touch). Really shows that NYA was built for the fans. I hope you and your family are safe and well Uncle Eddie, you've opened the floodgates for the rest of us, and it's wonderful. Swedishcharts.com – Neil Young and Crazy Horse – Ragged Glory". Hung Medien. Retrieved October 29, 2022. Two recordings from Buffalo concert are on the live album "WELD" -- the "stunning towering majesty" of an electric Bob Dylan cover of "Blowin 'In The Wind" and the "Mind Blowing" encore of "Like A Hurricane". It's hard to add anything in articulate way, after everyone else has already hit the nail on the head.. but here it goes.

Or maybe it was just too intense for Neil to put out there. Maybe it just got overlooked. I don't know. Matrix / Runout (Variant 3 - side B runout): WMME Alsdorf 759 926671-1-B2 1-26672 SIDE B SR2 DMM SP1-2 KDISC DMM JG 13

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Yes, the setlists are all very similar. I think that sometimes, and up to a point, repetition is a good thing: it leads to more focus and more intensity. And often, people don't start to pay attention until you've repeated yourself a few times. Anyone who watches this and isn’t moved by it should seek out medical attention immediately. Live music just doesn’t get any more intense than this. Wow!! The second album in the new box, Ragged Glory, reunited Young with Crazy Horse. Recorded at Young's Broken Arrow Ranch in Northern California, the album belatedly built on the hard-hitting, heavy sound of such past records as Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere and Zuma. For this reissue, four rarities have been added under the umbrella title of Smell the Horse: the B-sides "Interstate" and "Don't Spook the Horse," and the previously unreleased outtake "Box Car" and extended, 12-minute version of "Born to Run." (In 2018, Young revealed that 38 minutes of session material from Ragged Glory had been newly discovered, with an extended version of one song among the five that were found. "Born to Run" may well be that extended version. "Box Car" is likely also from those tapes, though whether the remaining material will be released is anybody's guess.) Weisbard, Eric; Marks, Craig, eds. (1995). "Neil Young". Spin Alternative Record Guide. New York: Vintage Books. ISBN 0-679-75574-8.