| "What's My Age Again?" | ||||
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| Single by Blink-182 | ||||
| from the album Enema of the State | ||||
| Released | April 1999 | |||
| Recorded | January–March 1999[1] | |||
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| Length | 2:26 | |||
| Label | MCA | |||
| Songwriter(s) | ||||
| Producer(s) | Jerry Finn | |||
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| Music videos | ||||
| Official music video on YouTube | ||||
"What's My Age Again?" is a song by American rock band Blink-182. It was released in April 1999 as the lead single from the group's third studio album, Enema of the State (1999), released through MCA Records. "What's My Age Again?" shares writing credits between the band's guitarist Tom DeLonge and bassist Mark Hoppus, but Hoppus was the primary composer of the song. It was the band's first single to feature drummer Travis Barker. A mid-tempo pop punk song, "What's My Age Again?" is memorable for its distinctive, arpeggiated guitar intro.
The song lyrically revolves around the onset of age and maturity, and the failure to implement changes in one's behavior. Hoppus declined to label the song as autobiographical, but admitted that he spent his twenties acting immature. The trio recorded the song with producer Jerry Finn. It was originally titled "Peter Pan Complex", an allusion to the pop-psychology concept, but label MCA found the reference obscure and adjusted the title. The song's signature music video famously features the band running nude on the streets of Los Angeles. It received heavy rotation on MTV and other music video channels.
It became one of the band's best-performing singles, peaking at number two on the U.S. Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart for 10 weeks. The song placed at number three in Italy and number 17 in the United Kingdom. Primarily an airplay hit, the song was the band's first to cross over to pop radio, hitting number 58 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song received positive reviews and has been called a classic pop punk track; NME placed it at number 117 on its list "150 Best Tracks of the Past 15 Years" in 2012.[2]
- ^ Blink-182 (1999). Enema of the State (Promo CD liner notes). United States: MCA Records. UMD-9991. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved December 26, 2022.
{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "150 Best Tracks Of The Past 15 Years". Nme.Com. Retrieved January 12, 2012.