What's My Age Again?

"What's My Age Again?"
Single by Blink-182
from the album Enema of the State
Released	November 16, 1999
Format	CD single, 12" vinyl, 7" vinyl
Recorded	1999
Genre	Pop punk
Length	2:28
Label	MCA
Producer	Jerry Finn
Blink-182 singles chronology
"Josie (Everything's Gonna Be Fine)" (1998) "What's My Age Again?" (1999) "All the Small Things" (2000)

"What's My Age Again?" is the first single released from Blink-182's third studio album Enema of the State, originally released in 1999, this song was Travis Barker's first single with the band. The song peaked at #2 on the Modern Rock Tracks chart as well as #19 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. The single was later re-released following the success of "All the Small Things".

The song was originally going to be titled "Peter Pan Complex", furthering the theme of the song -- about an extremely immature youngster who, despite being 23 years old, still behaves like a prepubescent child.

Music Video

The music video (released in 1999) was directed by Marcos Siega and Brandon PeQueen and involves the band running through the streets naked, an act later parodied in the band's 2000 single, "Man Overboard"; they run through television shows, outdoor sidewalks, and picnics; do some dances, and attract a lot of attention. The band members were wearing thongs for the outdoor scenes but were naked for the indoor scenes. It was comically censored throughout the video, except at the end of the video, in which it was shown uncensored. Jim Rome is hosting The Last Word in the video. Porn star Janine Lindemulder is featured in the video. She also appears on the front cover of Enema of the State.

In 2001, vocalist and bassist Mark Hoppus stated that:

Tom: "The song is about Mark, he's 28 and he still acts like a kid... rolling around on the floor and shit.

Usage

• The song is available as downloadable content for the game Guitar Hero World Tour.
• The song is also available on Rock Band Unplugged and later as downloadable content for the console version of Rock Band.
• The song is featured in the film Loser.
• During the Honda Civic Tour, Mark Hoppus and Travis Barker with their band (+44) covered the song along with "The Rock Show" and "Dammit".
• The choir version was also sung in the BBC drama All The Small Things in which one part of the lyrics was changed from nobody likes you when you're 23 to nobody loves you when you're 23.
• The song was also used for a trailer for 17 Again.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Blink-182. 

• The UK 2 CDs release have the same tracklisting of the US 2 CDs release, with the exceptions of, that in the CD #1 is added the What's My Age Again? video, and in the CD #2 instead the track "Aliens Exist (Live in LA)" is listed an DVD Interview that also appear on the European release

Chart Positions

References

External links

• Watch "What's My Age Again?" on YouTube