“ The Kids Aren't Alright ” is a song by the American punk rock band The Offspring , the fifth track from their fifth studio album, Americana . Was released as the third single from this album. The song hit the top forty American Alternative Songs chart .
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| Released | September 21, 1999 |
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| Format | CD |
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| Recorded by | 1998 |
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| Genre | Punk rock |
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| Duration | 3 o'clock |
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| Producer | Dave Gerden |
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| Songwriter | Dexter holland |
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| Label | Columbia records |
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" Why Don't You Get A Job? " (1999) | "The Kids Aren't Alright" (1999) | " She's Got Issues " (1999) |
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The title of the composition is an allusion to the song “The Kids Are Alright” by the rock band The Who from the album My Generation . Despite the lack of much commercial success, the song remains The Offspring's most popular song on Last.fm and Spotify (where it is the most popular song of the 90s ), and sometimes it appears on the radio . The song is the soundtrack to the film " Faculty ." Available as downloadable content for the Rock Band series of games.
The song also appears in the 2005 Greatest Hits (ninth track) compilation .
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