"Why Don't You Get a Job?" | ||||
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Single by the Offspring | ||||
from the album Americana | ||||
B-side | "Beheaded (1999)" | |||
Released | March 15, 1999 | |||
Length | 2:51 | |||
Label | Columbia | |||
Songwriter(s) | Dexter Holland | |||
Producer(s) | Dave Jerden[1] | |||
The Offspring singles chronology | ||||
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Music video | ||||
"Why Don't You Get a Job?" on YouTube |
"Why Don't You Get a Job?" is a song by American rock band the Offspring. The song is the 11th track on the Offspring's fifth studio album, Americana (1998), and was released as its second single on March 15, 1999. The song also appears as the eighth track on the band's Greatest Hits album (2005). The single peaked within the top 10 of the charts in several countries, including reaching number two in the United Kingdom, Australia, Iceland, and Sweden.
The song drew attention from multiple music writers for its similarities to the song "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da", the Beatles' 1968 hit from their self-titled double album (also known as the White Album).[2][3][4]