Highschool Hoodlums

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"Highschool Hoodlums"
Single by The Datsuns
from the album Headstunts
Released2008
Genre Rock
Label Hellsquad Records
Songwriter(s) Ben Cole, Dolf de Borst, Christian Livingstone, Phil Somervell
The Datsuns singles chronology
"System Overload"
(2006)
"Highschool Hoodlums"
(2008)

"Highschool Hoodlums" was released as a promotional single for the Datsuns' fourth album, Head Stunts . It was released on vinyl at their live shows in their New Zealand tour during March 2008.

The song reached number 1 on the KiwiFM top 10 within days of its release.[ citation needed ]

It is featured in the 2010 Miracle Whip commercial.

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