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"Bad Habit" is a song by punk rock band The Offspring. It is the third song on their third studio album Smash, which was released in 1994.

History

In 1995, there had been some confusion as to what the 3rd single off Smash would be, and several stations in the US played "Bad Habit" as a single in early 1995. This confusion ended when "Gotta Get Away" would actually become the album's 3rd official single. However, the song had already become one of KROQ's one of the most requested songs at the time, and it reached #30 on the station's countdown list of 1995.

Despite the fact that the song was never released as an official single, "Bad Habit" song has remained a very popular song for the band and is considered a concert staple. It is usually always played as the first song on their standard concert playlist.

Song meaning

The song's lyrics discribe road rage and the lead singer Dexter Holland's "bad habit" of getting extremely angry at just the slightest thing. The first stanza reads as follows:

Hey man you know I'm really okay,
The gun in my hand will tell you the same,
But when I'm in my car, don't give me no crap,
'Cause the slightest thing and I just might snap

One of the band's most famous lyrics come from this song - during the bridge of the song the pinnacle of the narrator's rage is proclaimed through the following:

You stupid dumbshit goddam motherfucker

The line is so well-known that The Offspring's official store sells a shirt with the line on it.

Track listing

CD (Live version)

1. "Bad Habit"
2. "Get It Right "
3. "Killboy Powerhead"
4. "Burn It Up"
5. "Genocide"
6. "Gotta Get Away"
7. "Jennifer Lost The War"
8. "What Happened To You"
9. "Come Out and Play (Keep 'Em Separated)"
10. "It'll Be a Long Time"
11. "Self Esteem"
12. "We are one"
13. "Session"

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References

1. ^ "Bad Habit" CD single
2. The Offspring Merch Store
3. CD single track listing

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• The Offspring songs