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"Pretty Fly (For a White Guy)" is a song by American rock band the Offspring. It is the fourth track from the band's fifth studio album, Americana (1998), and was released as its first single in November 1998.
"Pay the Man" ends at 8:10, followed by the hidden track "Pretty Fly (Reprise)" at 9:15. The track is a mariachi reprise of the song "Pretty Fly (for a White Guy)". The online download release of Americana has "Pay the Man" and "Pretty Fly (Reprise)" separately, with
The song and its video satirizes the mainstream pop music industry. It received polarized reviews from fans and critics, with negative reviewers panning the lyrics and music, while the positive reviews noted its intended satire and compared it to The Offspring's earlier song "Pretty Fly (for a White Guy)".
(That same count-in was sampled by The Offspring at the beginning of their 1998 song "Pretty Fly (For a White Guy)". [9]) As the song's melody begins, Elliott speaks the lines, "All right/I've got something to say/It's better to burn out/Than to fade away"; the second two lines are a reference to Neil Young's song "My My, Hey Hey (Out of the ...
The Offspring perform in concert. Mariano Regidor/Redferns “You gotta keep ‘em separated.” With five words, The Offspring created one of the most memorable moments of the 1990s. “Come Out ...
The Offspring Collection is a box set [2] containing four discs from American punk rock band the Offspring. The set contains four CD singles ("Come Out and Play," "Self Esteem," "Gotta Get Away," and "Pretty Fly (For a White Guy)"). In addition, the box set also includes 2 buttons; one reading "Pretty Fly", and the other reading "For A White Guy".
A piano version of the song features as the eleventh track on the group's tenth studio album Let the Bad Times Roll (2021). The song became the Offspring's first No. 1 on the Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks, while reaching No. 4 on the Hot Modern Rock Tracks chart. Through 2009, the band played "Gone Away" with Holland performing on piano throughout ...
Complete Music Video Collection is an extensive video album (released in DVD [7] and UMD [8] formats) by the American punk rock band The Offspring.It was released to accompany the Greatest Hits CD, which arrived a month earlier, and shows all of the band's videos between 1994 and 2005 (except for "Million Miles Away").