The Rock Show

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"The Rock Show"

Single by blink-182
from the album Take off Your Pants and Jacket
Released	July 1, 2001
Format	CD
Recorded	2001
Genre	Pop-punk
Length	3.08 minutes
Label	Universal International
Producer(s)	Jerry Finn
blink-182 singles chronology
"Man Overboard" (2000)	"The Rock Show" (2001)	"First Date" (2001)

"The Rock Show" is the first single from blink-182's 2001 album Take off Your Pants and Jacket. It was released in July 2001. The song was a success, peaking at #2 on the Billboard Modern Rock chart and #71 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song was written by Mark Hoppus after the producer for TOYPAJ told them they needed some "feel-good" songs on their record. Mark went home that night and wrote "The Rock Show", and Tom wrote "First Date" that same night.

[edit] Track listing

"The Rock Show"
"Time to Break Up"
"Man Overboard (Tom Lord Alge remix)"
"The Rock Show (enhanced video)"

[edit] Music video

The video, directed by The Malloys and released in 2001, involves the band taking a check from their production company for $500,000 and making the video themselves. Driving around town in their van, the video features the following:

giving a homeless person a hair cut and new suit
purchasing some doves and releasing them
purchasing some cars and destroying them (specifically dropping a car from a crane)
purchasing a TV and destroying it
paying for a plane to carry a banner with the text "take off your pants and jacket"
distributing money to people around the town (some street workers, placing under window wipers, throwing it off the roof of a record store)
paying for people to shave their heads
paying for a group of strippers to mow a lawn, and clean a car