| "Pretty Fly (For a White Guy)" | ||||
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| Single by the Offspring | ||||
| from the album Americana | ||||
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| Released | November 9, 1998 | |||
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| Length | 3:07 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Songwriter(s) | ||||
| Producer(s) | Dave Jerden | |||
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| "Pretty Fly (for a White Guy)" on YouTube | ||||
"Pretty Fly (For a White Guy)" is a song by American rock band the Offspring. It is the fourth track from the band's fifth studio album, Americana (1998), and was released as its first single in November 1998. The song peaked at number 53 on the US Billboard Hot 100, number five on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, and number three on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart. It was successful internationally, reaching number one in 10 countries, including Australia, where it stayed at number one for six weeks and was certified quadruple platinum.
The song appears as the seventh track on the Offspring's 2005 Greatest Hits album. It was parodied by "Weird Al" Yankovic in "Pretty Fly for a Rabbi".
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