Come Out and Play (song)
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| Single by The Offspring from the album Smash |
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| Released | 1994 | ||||
| Format | Vinyl and CD | ||||
| Recorded | 1994 | ||||
| Genre | Punk rock Skate punk Pop punk |
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| Length | 03:17 | ||||
| Label | Epitaph | ||||
| Writer(s) | Dexter Holland | ||||
| Producer | Thom Wilson | ||||
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"Come Out and Play" (Or, alternatively known as "Come Out and Play (Keep 'Em Separated)") is a song, and first major single released by California punk rock group The Offspring. It was released in 1994 and was the first single from their third album Smash. This song is considered to be their breakthrough song, as it received widespread radio play.[1][2] The first part of the song's title, "Come Out and Play", is believed to be a reference to a line in the movie The Warriors.[3]
This song was the only Offspring song to reach the number 1 position on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart, until 2003's "Hit That" (from The Offspring's album Splinter).
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[edit] Track listing
- "Come Out And Play" - 3:17
- "Session" - 2:33
- "Come Out And Play (Acoustic Version)" - 1:31
[edit] Meaning and composition
The song makes reference to the issue of the gun and gang violence in the context of a school campus. The lyrics read, "Your never ending spree of death and violence and hate is going to tie your own rope."
The song's instrumental version (located at the very end of Smash) is well-known for a guitar solo which sounds like a sitar.
[edit] Music video
"Come Out and Play" was the first Offspring song for which a music video was created. The music video, directed by Darren Lavett, was shot in May 1994 and debuted on MTV in the summer of that year. The video is almost entirely in yellow-orange-ish, and features the band performing the song in the garage of a house. There is also footage involving dogs fighting over a chew toy with a crowd watching, as well as a horse race and some clips of several snakes and snakecharmers.
[edit] Alternate versions
- The Offspring themselves made a middle-eastern styled instrumental version of the song. It can be heard at the end of Smash and on the single for "Come Out and Play".
- This song was covered by Richard Cheese on his 2000 album, Lounge Against the Machine and again released on the 2006 album, The Sunny Side of the Moon.
- The song is also played on wind instruments in the movie Click.
- Four parodies of the song were made. "Keep Her Penetrated" by Blowfly, "Come Out and Pray" by ApologetiX, Wrong Foot Amputated by Bob Rivers (often mistakenly credited to "Weird Al" Yankovic), and "Laundry Day" which actually is by "Weird Al" Yankovic, and was written for his Bad Hair Day tour. The song is officially unreleased, however several recordings from live concerts have surfaced.
[edit] In pop culture
- This track is also notable for being the entrance music of the wrestler Raven during his tenures in Extreme Championship Wrestling, and Ring of Honor, and also a remixed instrumental version for his first TNA theme.
- It was featured in the movies Monkeybone and Bubble Boy.
- The song was referred to in the X-Files episode, "Little Green Men".
- The guitar hook is also alluded to by Me First and the Gimme Gimmes on Ruin Jonny's Bar Mitzvah in the song "Hava Nagila."
[edit] Chart positions
| Year | Chart | Position |
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| 1994 | Modern Rock Tracks (US) | No. 1 |
| 1994 | Mainstream Rock Tracks (US) | No. 10 |
| 1994 | Official Swedish Singles Charts | No. 23 |
[edit] External links and references
| Preceded by "Fall Down" by Toad the Wet Sprocket |
Billboard Modern Rock Tracks number-one single July 30, 1994 - August 6, 1994 |
Succeeded by "Einstein on the Beach (For an Eggman)" by Counting Crows |
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