Come Out and Play (song)
Categories: The Offspring songs | 1994 singles | Song stubs
| Come Out and Play | ||
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| Image:ComeOutandPlay.jpg | ||
| Single by the Offspring | ||
| Released | 1994 | |
| Recorded | 1993 at Track Record in North Hollywood | |
| Genre | Punk Rock | |
| Length | 3 min 17 s | |
| Label | Epitaph | |
| Producer(s) | Thom Wilson | |
| Professional reviews | ||
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| the Offspring chronology | ||
| Ignition (1992) | Smash (1994) | Ixnay On The Hombre (1997) |
"Come Out and Play" is the popular first single by California punk rock group the Offspring. It was released in 1994 and appears on their third album Smash. This song is considered to be their breakthrough song, as it received widespread radio play.
The song discusses gun and gang violence in the context of a school campus. The lyrics proclaim, "Your never ending spree of death and violence and hate is going to tie your own rope."
The song's instrumental version is well-known for a guitar solo sounding like a sitar.
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