Come Out and Play (The Offspring song)

"Come Out and Play"
Single by the Offspring
from the album Smash
B-side
  • "Session"
  • "Come Out and Play (acoustic)"
ReleasedMarch 10, 1994
Recorded1994
GenrePunk rock[1][2]
Length3:17
LabelEpitaph
Songwriter(s)Dexter Holland
Producer(s)Thom Wilson
The Offspring singles chronology
"I'll Be Waiting"
(1986) 		"Come Out and Play"
(1994) 		"Self Esteem"
(1994)

"Come Out and Play" (sometimes subtitled "Keep 'Em Separated")[3] is a 1994 song by the American punk rock band the Offspring. It is the seventh track on their third album, Smash (1994), and was released as its first single. Written by frontman Dexter Holland, the song was the second single to be released by the band, after "I'll Be Waiting" (1986). It is considered the Offspring's breakthrough song, as it received widespread radio play,[4][5] with first attention brought by Jed the Fish of KROQ-FM,[6][7] and reached number one on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart, bringing both the band and the punk rock genre to widespread attention.

The song also appears as the second track on their Greatest Hits album (2005).

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  2. ^ Lawrence, Alistair (April 19, 2022). "Every The Offspring album ranked from worst to best". LouderSound. Retrieved June 26, 2022. MTV hits Self Esteem and Come Out And Play remain punk-rock party starters...
  3. ^ "Come Out And Play (Keep 'Em Separated) - song by The Offspring | Spotify". 21 June 2005. Retrieved December 4, 2020 – via Spotify.
  4. ^ "The Offspring "Smash"". Rollingstone.com. Archived from the original on June 29, 2009. Retrieved 2013-01-08.
  5. ^ "The Offspring - Smash (1994)". Entertainmentopia.com. 2002-03-12. Archived from the original on 2012-05-25. Retrieved 2013-01-08.
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  7. ^ Clizbe, Craig (26 July 2018). "#ThrowbackThursday: "Self Esteem" By The Offspring".