Singles ranker: The Offspring

[a Nick O!]

01. Gone Away A+[/color]
02. Gotta Get Away A[/color]
03. Why Don't You Get a Job? A[/color]
04. The Meaning of Life A[/color]
05. The Kids Aren't Alright A[/color]
06. Come Out and Play A[/color]
07. Self Esteem A-[/color]
08. All I Want A-[/color]
09. Can't Repeat A-[/color]
10. I Choose A-[/color]
11. Kick Him When He's Down B+
12. Hammerhead B+
13. (Can't Get My) Head Around You B+
14. Want You Bad B+
15. Defy You B
16. Million Miles Away B
17. Totalimmortal B
18. She's Got Issues B
19. Smash It Up B
20. Pretty Fly (for a White Guy) B-
21. Hit That B-
22. Next to You B-
23. Original Prankster C-

That's quite the phenomenal Top 10.

[halo19]

Okay, I'll try. I don't really remember the "Smash It Up" or "Totalimmortal" covers (oh... so "Next to You" is really a hot Police remake! Never heard it though.) well enough or the Inxay singles not named "Gone Away." Americana was the first Offspring when I started to follow music more actively.

01. Gone Away: A[/color]
02. Gotta Get Away: A
03. Come Out and Play: A-
04. The Kids Aren't Alright: A-
05. Hammerhead: B+
06. Defy You: B+
07. Kick Him When He's Down: B (Haven't heard this in awhile, though!)
08. Self Esteem: B
09. Can't Repeat: B
10. She's Got Issues: B-
11. Want You Bad: B-
12. (Can't Get My) Head Around You: B-
13. Hit That: B-
14. Pretty Fly (For a White Guy): B- (Listenable but just a "COAP" re-write, really.)
15. Million Miles Away: C
16. Why Don't You Get a Job: C (Such an obvious Beatles rip off.)
17. Original Prankster: D

[a Nick O!]

Wow, a month passes and finally I have a taker.

I thought they were popular enough around here to at least have gotten a couple of replies immediately. For whatever reason, that wasn't the case.

[halo19]

I was catching up with the rest enough that I had forgotten to include "Hammerhead."

[mtm4319]

1. The Kids Aren't Alright
2. Gone Away
3. Self Esteem
4. Come Out and Play (2-4 are ranked on how little I'm burned on them through Alt and AR gold airplay.)
5. Hammerhead
6. (Can't Get My) Head Around You
7. Why Don't You Get a Job
8. Pretty Fly (For a White Guy)
9. Next to You
10. Defy You

[crash46]

I didn't reply to this right away because I wanted to wait until I'd heard "Hammerhead". Then I forgot all about it.

1. Come Out And Play A+[/color]
2. Hammerhead A[/color]
3. Gone Away A-[/color]
4. The Kids Aren't Alright
5. The Meaning Of Life
6. Self EsteemB+
7. Why Don't You Get A Job?
8. Gotta Get Away
9. Hit That B
10. Original Prankster B-
11. Want You Bad
12. Can't Repeat C+
13. Pretty Fly (for a White Guy) C

I had a mix tape that included "Come Out and Play", equipped with Rick Dees' whip-cracking sound effects during the song's pauses, at #40 on one of his countdowns (R.I.P., that mixtape). I thought it was the coolest song to ever hit the pop chart at the time, and that's the only format I followed. I even braved a "rock" station and all that classic rock totally indifferent to me, just because it was the only place to hear this song during the week.

My pop station eventually added "Self Esteem", which missed the chart (hit #66 according to The Book). Even though it wasn't as good as "Come Out and Play", the mere fact that he even added the song played a large part in how much I missed that music director after he was gone.