Greatest Hits (The Offspring album)

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Greatest Hits
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Greatest hits album by
The Offspring
ReleasedJune 20, 2005 (Europe, United Kingdom)
June 21, 2005 (North America)
Recorded1994–2005
Genre Punk rock, pop punk
Length49:42
Label Columbia
Producer Jerry Finn, Thom Wilson, Dave Jerden, Brendan O'Brien
The Offspring chronology
Splinter
(2003)		Greatest Hits
(2005)		 Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace
(2008)
Singles from Greatest Hits
  1. "Can't Repeat"
    Released: June 20, 2005
  2. "Next to You"
    Released: June 21, 2005
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Greatest Hits is a 2005 compilation album by the American punk rock band The Offspring, compiling hit singles from five of their first seven studio albums along with the previously unreleased songs "Can't Repeat" and "Next to You", the latter a cover version of The Police song included as a hidden track at the end of the album. Greatest Hits peaked at no. 8 on the Billboard 200, with 70,000 copies sold in its first week of release, and has been certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America. [5] [6]

Contents

"Can't Repeat" was released as a single to promote the album, and peaked at no. 9 on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks chart and no. 10 on its Mainstream Rock Tracks. [7] "Next to You" was also released as a single to radio stations, peaking at no. 29 on Mainstream Rock Tracks. [7] A DVD/UMD video entitled Complete Music Video Collection was released a month later to complement Greatest Hits. It included the music videos for all fourteen songs on Greatest Hits (excluding "Next to You", for which no video was filmed), as well as three additional songs which had been released as singles but were not included on Greatest Hits: "The Meaning of Life" and "I Choose" from Ixnay on the Hombre , and "She's Got Issues" from Americana . These songs, along with several others the band had released as singles during the course of their career, had not charted as highly as those selected for Greatest Hits. [7]

Multiple drummers

The album's two new tracks, "Can't Repeat" and "Next to You", were recorded during the period in which Atom Willard was the band's official drummer. Original drummer Ron Welty had left the group in early 2003, [8] and The Vandals drummer Josh Freese recorded the drum tracks for the band's 2003 album Splinter after his departure. [9] Willard joined shortly after the album's release and appeared with them in the music video for the single "(Can't Get My) Head Around You". Willard appeared in the "Can't Repeat" music video and recorded the drum tracks for "Next to You". In July 2007 Willard officially announced that he was leaving The Offspring to focus on Angels & Airwaves. [10] Freese again recorded drum tracks for The Offspring for their 2008 album Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace before it was announced that Willard's permanent replacement would be former Face to Face drummer Pete Parada. [11] [12]

Track listing

All music is composed by The Offspring except where noted

No.TitleFromLength
1."Can't Repeat"previously unreleased3:24
2."Come Out and Play (Keep 'Em Separated)" Smash, 19943:17
3."Self Esteem"Smash, 19944:17
4."Gotta Get Away"Smash, 19943:51
5."All I Want" Ixnay on the Hombre , 19971:54
6."Gone Away"Ixnay on the Hombre, 19974:27
7."Pretty Fly (For a White Guy)" (contains a sample of "Rock of Ages" by Def Leppard as written by Robert Lange, Joe Elliott, and Steve Clark) Americana, 19983:08
8."Why Don't You Get a Job?"Americana, 19982:49
9."The Kids Aren't Alright"Americana, 19983:00
10."Original Prankster" (featuring Redman; contains portions of "Low Rider" by War) Conspiracy of One , 20003:41
11."Want You Bad"Conspiracy of One, 20003:22
12."Defy You" Orange County soundtrack, 20013:48
13."Hit That" Splinter, 20032:48
14."(Can't Get My) Head Around You" Splinter, 2003
previously unreleased		5:57
Total length:49:42

International bonus tracks

Australian edition
No.TitleFromLength
15."Spare Me the Details"Splinter, 20033:24
Japanese edition
No.TitleFromLength
15."Da Hui"Splinter, 20031:42
European and South American editions
No.TitleFromLength
15."The Kids Aren't Alright" (The Wiseguys remix)"She's Got Issues", 19994:56

DualDisc edition

The DualDisc edition of the album has the standard 14 track album on the CD side. The DVD side has the same 14 tracks in 5.1 surround sound, commentary by singer Dexter Holland and guitarist Noodles, and the two performing an acoustic rendition of the song "Dirty Magic" from the band's second album Ignition.

Vinyl edition

The vinyl edition of the album was released July 29, 2022. It came in three formats: a black LP with lyric insert, a limited-edition picture disc featuring the band’s flaming skull logo and a limited-edition version with a slipmat also featuring the flaming skull logo. Prior to that, on Record Store Day 2022, Greatest Hits was released on vinyl in a limited run of 7,000 copies on either translucent or solid blue. All vinyl versions feature the standard 14 track album.

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [35] 3× Platinum210,000^
Canada (Music Canada) [36] Platinum100,000^
France (SNEP) [37] Gold100,000*
Ireland (IRMA) [38] Gold7,500^
Japan (RIAJ) [39] Platinum250,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ) [40] Platinum15,000^
Russia (NFPF) [41] Gold10,000*
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland) [42] Gold20,000^
United Kingdom (BPI) [43] Gold100,000^
United States (RIAA) [44] Platinum1,000,000^

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Personnel

The Offspring
Additional musicians
Additional vocalists
Production

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