| "Bored to Death" | ||||
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| Single by Blink-182 | ||||
| from the album California | ||||
| Released | April 27, 2016 | |||
| Recorded | January–March 2016 | |||
| Studio | Foxy Studios (Woodland Hills, California) | |||
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| Length | 3:55 | |||
| Label | BMG | |||
| Songwriter(s) | ||||
| Producer(s) | John Feldmann | |||
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"Bored to Death" is a song recorded by American rock band Blink-182 for the group's seventh studio album, California (2016). The song was released as the lead single from California on April 27, 2016 through BMG. "Bored To Death" was written by the band's bassist and vocalist Mark Hoppus, drummer Travis Barker, guitarist and vocalist Matt Skiba, and producer John Feldmann. It is Skiba's first single with the band, and the first single to not feature original guitarist and vocalist Tom DeLonge. The song was among the first written for California, and was begun on the first day writing with Feldmann.
The song topped Billboard's Alternative Songs chart, becoming the band's first number one in 12 years. It received positive reviews from music critics, who compared it to the band's older sound. The song's music video, directed by Rob Soucy, finds a disenchanted teenager daydreaming about a girl while stuck in class at his high school. In promotion of the song, the group performed it on both Good Morning America and The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. Electronic musician Steve Aoki produced a remix of the song, which was released in August 2016.
Since its release, the song has been a concert staple and has been played on every subsequent tour even after DeLonge returned to the band in 2022.