Graduate (song)

"Graduate"
Single by Third Eye Blind
from the album Third Eye Blind
B-side	"Horror Show" "Semi-Charmed Life"
Released	July 15, 1997 (1997-07-15)
Studio	Toast Skywalker Ranch H.O.S. (San Francisco)
Genre	Alternative rock
Length	3:08
Label	Elektra
Songwriter(s)	Stephan Jenkins Kevin Cadogan
Producer(s)	Stephan Jenkins Eric Valentine
Third Eye Blind singles chronology
"Semi-Charmed Life" (1997) "Graduate" (1997) "How's It Going to Be" (1997)

"Graduate" is a song by American rock band Third Eye Blind from their eponymous debut studio album (1997). It was released to radio as the second single from the album in July 1997 by Elektra Records. Frontman Stephan Jenkins and guitarist Kevin Cadogan are credited as co-writers on the song. Production on the song was helmed by Jenkins and Eric Valentine. According to Jenkins, the song is about the band's experience after being signed to a major record label.

The song reached number 26 on the Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart in the U.S., and number 14 on the Hot Modern Rock Tracks chart. Additionally, it was featured in the 1998 film Can't Hardly Wait starring Seth Green and Jennifer Love Hewitt. The band played the song at the 25th Annual American Music Awards, changing some of the lyrics to "can I masturbate" in place of "can I graduate." In 2011, former Third Eye Blind members Cadogan and Arion Salazar performed the song and made an unofficial video.^[1]