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Why Don't You Get a Job?
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"Why Don't You Get a Job?"
Single by The Offspring
from the album Americana
B-side
"Beheaded (1999)"
Released
March 30, 1999
Format
CD single, Cassette, 12"[1]
Recorded
1998
Genre
Pop punk, ska punk
Length
2:49
Label
Columbia
Songwriter(s)
Dexter Holland
Producer(s)
Dave Jerden[2]
The Offspring singles chronology
"Pretty Fly (for a White Guy)"
(1998) "Why Don't You Get a Job?"
(1999) "The Kids Aren't Alright"
(1999)
"Pretty Fly (for a White Guy)"
(1998) "Why Don't You Get a Job?"
(1999) "The Kids Aren't Alright"
(1999)
"Why Don't You Get a Job?" is a song by The Offspring. The song is the 11th track on The Offspring's fifth studio album Americana (1998) and was released as the second single from the album. The song also appears as the eighth track on the band's Greatest Hits album (2005). The single peaked within the top ten of the charts in many countries, including number two in the United Kingdom, Australia and Sweden.
The song drew attention for its close similarity to the song "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da", as multiple music writers pointed out that the melody sounded exactly like The Beatles' 1968 release from the White Album.[3][4][5]
Contents
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1 Music video
2 Track listings
2.1 Australia CD Maxi
2.2 Part 2
2.3 Later version
2.4 Promo CD
3 Charts
4 Certifications
5 Cover versions
6 References
7 External links
Music video[edit]
The music video, directed by McG, was shot on the backlot of Universal Studios Hollywood. Several TV and movie set locations can be seen throughout the video, including Colonial Street (which was used as Wisteria Lane in Desperate Housewives) and Courthouse Square from the Back to the Future trilogy. The video features the four members of the band walking through these locations while a steadily growing crowd follows them.
Dexter Holland opens the video by flying into a serene suburban setting on a hang glider. A male fast food worker (played by Dor Ashur) has a milkshake dumped on his face by a group of buxom female customers and then throws himself through a window, and a BMX biker falls off a roof shortly thereafter. Toward the end, Holland triggers an explosion that scatters his followers so that only his fellow band members remain.
Bob Eubanks, the host of the Newlywed Game, makes a cameo appearance. Towards the end of the video, Guy Cohen, who played the main character in the "Pretty Fly (for a White Guy)" video, makes a short appearance. Chris "X-13" Higgins appears in the video as a lazy boyfriend. Pussycat Dolls member Carmit Bachar plays his girlfriend.
The video appears on the Complete Music Video Collection DVD, released in 2005.
Track listings[edit]
Australia CD Maxi[edit]
No.
Title
Length
1. "Why Don't You Get a Job?" 2:49
2. "Pretty Fly (for a White Guy)" (Lowriders Remix) 3:01
3. "Beheaded (1999)" 2:38
4. ""Pretty Fly (for a White Guy)"" (Music Video in the CD-ROM) 3:07
Part 2[edit]
No.
Title
Length
1. "Why Don't You Get a Job?" 2:49
2. "Why Don't You Get a Job?" (The Baka Boyz Remix) 4:22
3. "Beheaded (1999)" 2:38
4. "I Wanna Be Sedated" (Ramones Cover) 2:19
Later version[edit]
No.
Title
Length
1. "Why Don't You Get a Job?" 2:49
2. "Beheaded (1999)" 2:38
3. "I Wanna Be Sedated" (Ramones Cover) 2:19
Promo CD[edit]
No.
Title
Length
1. "Why Don't You Get a Job?" (Album version) 2:52
2. "Callout Hook #1" 0:10
3. "Callout Hook #2" 0:05
Charts[edit]
Chart (1999)
Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[6] 2
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[7] 16
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[8] 17
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[9] 25
Canadian RPM Top Singles 19
Canadian RPM Rock Chart 4
France (SNEP)[10] 29
Germany (Official German Charts)[11] 16
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[12] 6
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[13] 4
Norway (VG-lista)[14] 6
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[15] 2
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[16] 24
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[17] 2
US Billboard Hot 100[18] 12
US Mainstream Top 40 (Billboard)[19] 10
US Mainstream Rock (Billboard)[20] 5
US Alternative Songs (Billboard)[21] 4
Chart (2017)
Peak
position
Poland (Polish Airplay Top 100)[22] 96
Certifications[edit]
Region
Certification
Australia (ARIA)[23]
2× Platinum
Sweden (GLF)[24]
Gold
Cover versions[edit]
South African singer Snotkop translated the song into Afrikaans as "Kry Jou Ass By Die Werk".[25]
References[edit]
Jump up ^ "Offspring, The – Why Don't You Get A Job?". Discogs. Retrieved July 15, 2013.
Jump up ^ "The Offspring – Why Don't You Get a Job? [US]". Allmusic. Retrieved July 15, 2013.
Jump up ^ Geoff Boucher (1999-04-24). "Is the Song an Offspring?". LA Times. Retrieved 2015-12-16.
Jump up ^ Teri vanHorn (1999-05-06). "Offspring Song Has A Familiar Ring, Beatles Fans Say". MTV.com. Retrieved 2015-12-16.
Jump up ^ Richard Harrington (1999-01-13). "Punk With Spunk". Washington Post. Archived from the original on 1999-01-13. Retrieved 2015-12-16.
Jump up ^ "Australian-charts.com – The Offspring – Why Don't You Get a Job?". ARIA Top 50 Singles.
Jump up ^ "Austriancharts.at – The Offspring – Why Don't You Get a Job?" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40.
Jump up ^ "Ultratop.be – The Offspring – Why Don't You Get a Job?" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50.
Jump up ^ "Ultratop.be – The Offspring – Why Don't You Get a Job?" (in French). Ultratop 50.
Jump up ^ "Lescharts.com – The Offspring – Why Don't You Get a Job?" (in French). Les classement single.
Jump up ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – The Offspring – Why Don't You Get a Job?". GfK Entertainment Charts.
Jump up ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – The Offspring – Why Don't You Get a Job?" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.
Jump up ^ "Charts.org.nz – The Offspring – Why Don't You Get a Job?". Top 40 Singles.
Jump up ^ "Norwegiancharts.com – The Offspring – Why Don't You Get a Job?". VG-lista.
Jump up ^ "Swedishcharts.com – The Offspring – Why Don't You Get a Job?". Singles Top 100.
Jump up ^ "Swisscharts.com – The Offspring – Why Don't You Get a Job?". Swiss Singles Chart.
Jump up ^ "Offspring: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company.
Jump up ^ "The Offspring Chart History (Hot 100)" Billboard.
Jump up ^ "The Offspring Chart History (Pop Songs)" Billboard.
Jump up ^ "The Offspring Chart History (Mainstream Rock)" Billboard.
Jump up ^ "The Offspring Chart History (Alternative Songs)" Billboard.
Jump up ^ "Listy bestsellerów, wyróżnienia :: Związek Producentów Audio-Video". Polish Airplay Top 100. Retrieved January 30, 2017.
Jump up ^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 1999 Singles". Australian Recording Industry Association.
Jump up ^ "Guld- och Platinacertifikat − År 1999" (PDF) (in Swedish). IFPI Sweden.
Jump up ^ http://www.channel24.co.za/Music/FeaturesInterviews/Interview-Snotkop-20090715 Retrieved 7 January 2014
External links[edit]
"Why Don't You Get a Job?" Official music video on YouTube
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"Let America Be America Again" is a poem written in 1935 by American poet Langston Hughes. It was originally published in the July 1936 issue of Esquire Magazine. It was later republished in the 1937 to be read issue of Kansas Magazine and was revised and included in a small collection of Langston Hughes poems entitled A New Song, published by the International Workers Order in 1938.[1][2]
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The poem speaks of the American dream that never existed for the lower-class American and the freedom and equality that every immigrant hoped for but never achieved. In his poem, Hughes represents not only African Americans, but other economically disadvantaged and minority groups as well. Besides criticizing the unfair life in America, the poem conveys a sense of hope that the American Dream is soon to come.[citation needed]
The title of this poem was used by Democratic United States senator John Kerry as a campaign slogan in his 2004 presidential campaign.[3] In 2011 an exploratory committee for conservative Republican former senator Rick Santorum used a variant of the phrase ("Fighting to make America America again") on its website; told of the slogan's derivation from the Hughes poem, Santorum stated he had "nothing to do with" its use by the committee.[4] Additionally, the satirical website RestoringTruthiness.org refutes the idea Santorum appropriated Hughes's language, claiming that the phrase "make America America again" is "not unique nor very original."[5]
References[edit]
Jump up ^ The Collected Works of Langston Hughes: Gospel plays, operas, and later, p. xv.
Jump up ^ Jean Wagner, Black Poets of the United States: From Paul Laurence Dunbar to Langston Hughes, p. 451.
Jump up ^ Halbfinger, David (June 1, 2004). "In Five Words by Langston Hughes, Kerry Aides Hear a Campaign Slogan". The New York Times. Retrieved 8 March 2009.
Jump up ^ Kellogg, Carolyn (April 16, 2011). "Rick Santorum says he had 'nothing to do with' campaign slogan taken from Langston Hughes poem". Los Angeles Times.
Jump up ^ "Did Former Fox News Contributer [sic] Rick Santorum Rip Off Langston Hughes?". Restoring Truthiness.
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García (surname)
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García (Castillian), Gartzia (Basque)
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Spain
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Garci, Garza, Garcia, Garcés, Garcicea, Garciandia, Gassie, Gassion, Gaztea
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Most common surname in Spain by province of residence
Garcia or García is a Basque origin surname common throughout Spain, Portugal, parts of France, the Americas, and the Philippines. It is a surname of patronymic origin; García was a very common first name in early medieval Iberian Peninsula.
It is attested since the high Middle Ages north and south of the Pyrenees (Basque Culture Territories), with the surname (sometimes first name too) thriving especially on the Kingdom of Navarre and spreading out to Castile and other Spanish regions.
Alfonso Irigoyen believed it to derive from the Basque adjective garze(a) meaning "young", whose modern form is gaztea or gaztia.[2][3] Ramón Menéndez Pidal and Antonio Tovar suggests it may come from the Basque word (H)artz, meaning "(the) Bear".[4][5][6][7][2] A third etymology suggests it may derive from the Basque words "Gazte Hartz", meaning "(the) young bear".[citation needed] Variant forms of the name include Garcicea, Gartzi, Gartzia, Gartze, Garsea, and Gastea.[8] The original Basque form with an affricate sibilant (/ts/, Basque spelling /tz/) evolved in Spanish to the current form.
There are Gasconic cognates of Garcia like Gassie and Gassion[9] (Béarn, Gassio 14th century,[10] real name of Edith Piaf, born Edith Gassion).
Other theories suggest that García is of Germanic origin and may derive from wars meaning young warrior [11] or the Visigothic words garxa and garcha meaning graceful prince.[12]
García is the most common surname in Spain (where 3.32% of population is named García)[13] and also the second most common surname in Mexico and Cuba.
In the 1990 United States Census, Garcia was the 18th most reported surname, accounting for 0.25% of the population.[14] It has become a common surname in the United States, and is now the 8th most common surname in the U.S.[15]
Quite rare before the 1st World War in France, except in the French Pays Basque,[16] Garcia is now the 14th most common surname in France (the 8th one for the number of birth between 1966 and 1990), due to an important Spanish immigration.[17][18] It ranked 2nd in the region Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur after the number of births 1966–1990.[19]
García is also the third most common surname amongst Spanish in the United Kingdom.
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Alejandro García (disambiguation), multiple people
Alex Garcia (disambiguation), multiple people
Alfredo García-Baró (born 1972), Cuban sprinter
Alfredo García Green (born 1953), Mexican politician
Amadeo García (1887–1947), Spanish football manager
Anastasio Somoza García (1896–1956), President of Nicaragua
Andrés García (born 1941), Mexican actor
Andy García (born 1956), Cuban American actor
Anier García (born 1976), Cuban athlete in the 2000 Summer Olympics
Anthony Garcia, New Zealand professional wrestler of Yugoslavian and Irish descent
Antonio García (disambiguation), multiple people
B[edit]
Bangs Garcia (born 1987), Filipina actress
Bartolomé García del Nodal (1574–1622), Spanish explorer
Bianca Garcia, member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives
Boniek García (born 1984), Honduran footballer
Bonnie Garcia, Representative of California's 80th Assembly District
Borja Garcia (born 1982), Spanish race car driver
Brianna Garcia (born 1983), American professional wrestler
C[edit]
Calixto García (1839–1898), Cuban military leader
Cancio Garcia (1937–2013), Filipino lawyer and judge
Candelario Garcia (1944–2013), United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
Carlos Garcia (disambiguation), multiple people
Carmelo Garcia, American politician from New Jersey
Caroline Garcia (born 1993), French professional tennis player
Cédric Garcia (born 1982), French-Spanish rugby player
Ceferino Garcia (1912–1981), Filipino boxer
Charles Patrick Garcia (born 1961), Panamanian-American author, Hispanic leader, businessman
Charly García (born 1951), Argentine musician
Cheska Garcia, Filipino actress
Christian Garcia Major League Baseball pitcher
Concha García Campoy (1958–2013), Spanish radio and television journalist
Cristina García (disambiguation), multiple people
Cristino Garcia (1914–1946), Spanish fighter with the French Resistance during World War II
D[edit]
Danay Garcia, Cuban actress
Daniel García (disambiguation), multiple people
Danna García (born 1978), Colombian actress and singer
Dean Garcia, British studio musician, former member of rock band Curve
Diana Garcia (disambiguation), multiple people
Diego Garcia (disambiguation), multiple people
Domingo García (Dominic de la Calzada) (1019–1109), Spanish saint
Dora García (born 1965), Spanish artist
E[edit]
Eddie Garcia (born 1929), Filipino film actor and director
Eduardo García de Enterría (1923–2013), Spanish jurist
Eric Garcia (born 1972), Spanish American author
Erica Garcia (born 1978), Argentinean musician and actress
Esmeralda de Jesus Garcia (born 1959), Brazilian track and field athlete
Esther Herranz García (born 1969), Spanish politician, Member of the European Parliament
F[edit]
Federico García Lorca (1898–1936), Spanish poet and dramatist
Fernando García (disambiguation), multiple people
Fernando Soto-Hay y Garcia
Francisco García (disambiguation), multiple people
Frank Garcia (disambiguation), multiple people
Freddie Garcia (born 1952), Mexican-American soccer player
Freddy García (born 1976), Venezuelan-American baseball player
Freddy García (disambiguation), multiple people
G[edit]
Gabriel García (disambiguation), multiple people
Gael García Bernal (born 1978), Mexican actor
Gary Garcia, half of the musical duo Buckner & Garcia
Genaro García (1977–2013), Mexican boxer
St. Gonsalo Garcia (1556–1597), Portuguese-Indian Roman Catholic saint
Gonzalo Garcia (disambiguation), multiple people
Gustavo C. Garcia (1915–1964), Mexican-American civil rights activist
H[edit]
Héctor García (disambiguation), multiple people
Humberto García (disambiguation), multiple people
I[edit]
Iolanda García Sàez, Spanish ski mountaineer
Inez Garcia, feminist cause célèbre
Iratxe García, Spanish politician, Member of the European Parliament
Isaac García (born 1968), Mexican long-distance runner
Iván García (disambiguation), multiple people
J[edit]
Jacques Garcia, French designer
Jaime García (born 1986), Mexican baseball player
Jaime García (equestrian) (1910–1959), Spanish horse rider
Jean Garcia, Filipino telenovela actress
Jason Garcia, American professional baseball player
Jean-Louis Garcia (born 1962), French soccer player
Jeff Garcia (born 1970), NFL and former Canadian football player of Irish and Mexican descent
Jennica Garcia, Filipino actress
Jerry Garcia (1942–1995), American rock-and-roll musician (Grateful Dead)
Jesús García (1881–1907), Mexican railroad brakeman and national hero
Jesús García (disambiguation), multiple people
JoAnna Garcia (born 1979), American actress
Joaquín Torres García (1874-1949), Uruguayan artist with global influence in 20th Century Art
John Garcia (disambiguation), multiple people
Johnny García, Mexican football (soccer) player
Jorge Garcia (born 1979), Hispanic American actor
José García (disambiguation), multiple people
Joseph Garcia (disambiguation), multiple people
Juan Garcia (disambiguation), multiple people
Juanín García (born 1977), Spanish handball player
Julio García (disambiguation), multiple people
L[edit]
Léa Garcia (born 1933), Brazilian actress
Lilian Garcia (born 1973), Spanish-American singer and former WWE ring announcer
Luis García (disambiguation), multiple people
M[edit]
Mannie Garcia, freelance photojournalist
Manolo García, Spanish singer and painter
Manolo García (make-up artist), Spanish make-up artist
Manuel García (disambiguation), multiple people
Marcario Garcia (1920–1972), Mexican-born United States Medal of Honor winner
Marcela Bovio García (born 1979), Mexican singer, lead vocalist of the metal band Stream of Passion
Marcelino García Toral (born 1965), Spanish football coach
Marcelino García (cyclist) (born 1971), Spanish professional road bicycle racer
Marcelo García (disambiguation), multiple people
Maria Garcia (disambiguation), multiple people
Marilinda Garcia, member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives
Martín García (disambiguation), multiple people
Marvín García (disambiguation), multiple people
Mayra García (born 1972), Mexican beach volleyball player
Maricris Garcia, Filipino singer
Mayte Jannell Garcia (born 1973), Puerto Rican-American dancer
Miguel García (disambiguation), multiple people
Michael Garcia (disambiguation), multiple people
Mireia García (born 1981), Spanish butterfly swimmer
N[edit]
Néstor García (disambiguation), multiple people
Nick Garcia (born 1979), Mexican American soccer player
Nicole Garcia, French actress, film director and writer
Nina García (born 1967), Colombian fashion journalist and critic
O[edit]
Odalys Garcia (born 1975), Cuban-American actress and television show host
Orlando Garcia (disambiguation), multiple people
P[edit]
Pablo Garcia (disambiguation), multiple people
Patrick Garcia (born 1981), Filipino actor
Pedro Garcia (disambiguation), multiple people
Pete Garcia, Athletic director of Florida International University
Pierre-Emmanuel Garcia (born 1983), French rugby player
Pilar "Ailyn" Giménez García (born 1982), Spanish singer, lead vocalist of the gothic metal band Sirenia
R[edit]
Rafael García (disambiguation), multiple people
Ramón García (disambiguation), multiple people
Raúl García (disambiguation), multiple people
Renaud Garcia-Fons (born 1962), French upright-bass player and composer
Ricardo Garcia (disambiguation), multiple people
Richard Garcia (born 1981), Australian soccer player
Robert Garcia (disambiguation), multiple people
Roberto García (disambiguation), multiple people
Rodrigo García (disambiguation), multiple people
Rómulo García (1927–2005), Archbishop of Bahía Blanca, Argentina
Rosman García (born 1979), Venezuelan-American baseball player
Ruben Garcia (disambiguation), multiple people
Rudi García (born 1964), French football manager
S[edit]
Salvador García (disambiguation), multiple people
Sara García (1895–1980), Mexican actress
Sergent Garcia, stage name of Bruno Garcia (born 1964), French solo artist
Sergio García (born 1980), Spanish golfer
Sunny Garcia (born 1970), Hawaiian surfer
T[edit]
Tanya Garcia (born 1981), Filipino actress
Tony Garcia (disambiguation), multiple people
V[edit]
Vanessa García (born 1984), Puerto Rican freestyle swimmer
Victor Garcia (disambiguation), multiple people
W[edit]
Willis García (born 1970), Venezuelan judoka
X[edit]
Xavier García (disambiguation), multiple people
Y[edit]
Yohan García (born 1982), Cuban swimmer
Yordanis García (born 1988), Cuban decathlete
Yusmely García (born 1983), Venezuelan hurdler
Fictional characters[edit]
Isabella Garcia-Shapiro in Phineas and Ferb
Juan García Cortes, in the video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
Penelope Garcia in the crime drama Criminal Minds
Robert Garcia, video game character in the Art of Fighting and King of Fighters series
Mariana García, video game character in The Walking Dead: A New Frontier. Appears in the first episode; Episode 1: Ties That Bind Part one
See also[edit]
García (disambiguation)
References[edit]
Jump up ^ "García Surname Meaning and Distribution". forebears.co.uk.
^ Jump up to: a b Gartzia (Garzia, García) euskal deitura dela eta, language question presented to the Academy of the Basque Language answered by Xabier Kintana.
Jump up ^ For the lost r, compare the attested historic alternations bost~bortz 'five', oste~ortze 'sky', etc.
Jump up ^ "Garcia".
Jump up ^ "Garcia Last Name Origin".
Jump up ^ "Garcia Genealogy & History".
Jump up ^ "Garcia name meaning".
Jump up ^ "Nombres". Euskaltzaindia (The Royal Academy of the Basque Language). Retrieved 2010-10-12. Article in Spanish
Jump up ^ Albert Dauzat, Dictionnaire étymologique des noms et prénoms de France, réédition Larousse 1980, p. 280b
Jump up ^ DAUZAT 280b
Jump up ^ https://books.google.com/books?id=xx3TKbYQcnYC&pg=PA127&dq=garcia+germ%C3%A1nico+wars&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwji3qems_3LAhVY_WMKHXzxDdUQ6AEIJTAA#v=onepage&q=garcia%20germ%C3%A1nico%20wars&f=false
Jump up ^ https://books.google.com/books?id=_DCnlHe64WEC&pg=PA156&dq=garcia+origen+godo+principe+agraciada&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjb0Iahsv3LAhUN1mMKHVIVDAgQ6AEIMDAB#v=onepage&q=garcia%20origen%20godo%20principe%20agraciada&f=false
Jump up ^ INE (Spain's Statistics National Institute)
Jump up ^ United States Census Bureau (9 May 1995). s:1990 Census Name Files dist.all.last (1-100). Retrieved on 2008-07-04.
Jump up ^ "Frequently Occurring Surnames From Census 2000". census.gov. August 27, 2008. Archived from the original on November 19, 2007. Retrieved 2009-03-21.
Jump up ^ Garcia in France before WWI
Jump up ^ Garcia : births (naiss.) in France from 1966 to 1990
Jump up ^ List of the most common surnames in France
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