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What's My Age Again?

 
Lyrics: What's My Age Again?
 

Performed by: Blink-182
Written by: Tom De Longe; Mark Hoppus

Credits: De Longe, Tom (Songwriter); Hoppus, Mark (Songwriter); EMI APRIL MUSIC INC. (Publisher); FUN WITH GOATS MUSIC (Publisher)

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"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.

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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:

[the] scene with the butt shots, when we were running down the street, were actually the only real nude scenes. We wore skin-colored Speedos for most of the scenes and when we were running, I realized how unattractive male genitals are. Everything dangling and such. I didn't think I could be embarrassed easily, but I really was.[1]

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

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Track listing

All songs written and composed by Blink-182

What's My Age Again? US Single CD #1
# Title Length
1. "What's My Age Again?" (Radio edit) 2:28
2. "Pathetic" (Live in LA) 2:51
3. "Untitled" (Live in LA) 3:07
What's My Age Again? US Single CD #2
# Title Length
1. "What's My Age Again?" (Radio edit) 2:28
2. "Josie" (Live in LA) 3:52
3. "Aliens Exist" (Live in LA) 3:43
What's My Age Again? European Single
# Title Length
1. "What's My Age Again?"   2:28
2. "All the Small Things"   2:48
3. "Untitled" (Live in LA) 3:07
4. "Josie" (Live in LA) 3:52
5. "DVD Interview"    
What's My Age Again? Italian Promo 12" Vinyl
# Title Length
1. "What's My Age Again?"   2:28
2. "Josie" (Radio edit) 3:19
3. "Pathetic" (Live)  
4. "Dammit" (Live)  
  • 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

Chart Position
Billboard Hot 100 58
U.S. Modern Rock Tracks 2
U.S. Mainstream Rock Tracks 19
U.S. Top 40 Tracks 40
Official UK Singles Chart 17
AUS Singles Chart 42
French Singles Chart 93
Germany Singles Chart 80
Irish Singles Chart 34
Italy Singles Chart 4
Netherlands Singles Chart 90
New Zealand Singles Chart 43
Sweden Chart 44
Switzerland Chart 52

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