Why Don't You Get a Job?

by The Offspring

Why Don't You Get a Job? cover art
  • Type: Single
  • Released: May 1999
  • Label: Columbia
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 7:14
  • Community rating: 2.39/5 from 1 rating

Artists on this release: Noodles, Ron Welty, Dexter Holland, Greg Kriesel

Album Notes & Community Reviews

A ska-styled single from 'Americana' whose melody openly recalls the Beatles' 'Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da'. Dexter Holland's lyric, addressed to friends supporting idle partners, made it the album's most comic cut.

Genres

Descriptors: melodic, vulgar, domestic, rhythmic, satirical

Tracklist

  1. Why Don't You Get A Job? (Album Version) (2:52)
  2. Why Don't You Get A Job? (Baka Boyz Remix) (4:22)

Credits

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