Hit That
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| "Hit That" | ||
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| Single by The Offspring | ||
| Released | 2003 | |
| Format | CD | |
| Genre | Punk Rock | |
| Label | Columbia Records | |
| The Offspring singles chronology | ||
| Defy You (2002) |
Hit That (2003) |
(Can't Get My) Head Around You (2004) |
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| European CD single cover | ||
"Hit That" was the first single from The Offspring's 2003 album Splinter. The single was first released in the U.S. and Australia in December 2003, and in the UK in January 2004. It reached the top 20 on the Australian ARIAnet Singles Chart and the UK Singles Chart (#13 and #11 respectively), and #64 on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart. It topped the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart, proving to be one of their most successful singles for a while.
[edit] Track Listing
- Hit That (2:48)
- Da Hui (1:32)
- Hit That (USC Marching Band)
- All songs written by The Offspring
- Produced by: Brendan O'Brien
- Mixed by: Brendan O'Brien
- Published by Underachiever Music
[edit] Music video
The video for the song depicts a blue computer-generated man's hunt for his runaway dog; we follow the two of them alternately as the man lip-syncs the lyrics and the dog seeks shelter. When the owner and a few others finally catch up to the dog in an alleyway full of (presumably his) puppies, an evil-looking man holds up what appears to be a pair of scissors, menacingly. The next day, the dog walks grumpily down the street in a paper cone, implying that the point of the chase was to bring the dog in to be fixed.
| Preceded by "Numb" by Linkin Park |
Billboard Modern Rock Tracks number-one single February 14, 2004 |
Succeeded by "Megalomaniac" by Incubus |
