Blink 182
What's My Age Again
Intro
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Chorus
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Interlude
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Verse 3
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Blink 182
What's My Age Again
Outro
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Order of Song
Intro
Riff A
Chorus
Riff 2
Interlude
Verse 3
Outro
Chords
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Blink 182
What's My Age Again
Lyrics
I took her out, it was a friday night
I wore cologne to get the feeling right
We started making out, she took off my pants
But then I turned on the TV
But thats about the time she walked away from me
No body likes you when your 23
And are still more amused by TV shows
What the hell is A.D.D.
My friends say I should act my age
Whats my age again, whats my age again...
And later on, on the drive home
I called her mom from a payphone
And I said I was the cops and her husbands in jail
The state looks down on sodomy
And thats about the time that bitch hung up on me
Nobody likes you when your 23
And are still more amused by prank phone calls
What the hell is caller I.D.
My friends say I should act my age
Whats my age again, whats my age again...
And that's about the time she walked away from me
Nobody likes you when your 23
And you still act like your in freshman year
What the hell is wrong with me
My friends say I should act my age
Whats my age again, whats my age again...
That's about the time that she broke up with me
No one should take themselves so seriously
With many years ahead to fall in line
Why would you wish that on me
I never want to act my age
Whats my age again, whats my age again...
Whats my age again?
Song and Band Info
"What's My Age Again?" is a song by American pop punk band Blink-182. It was the first single released from the band's third album “Enema of the State.” The song, written by bassist Mark Hoppus, carries a theme about a protagonist who, despite being an adult, still behaves like a child. Released in November 1999, "What's My Age Again?" became Blink-182’s second hit single, setting a precedent for most of the band’s further career. The song peaked at #2 on the Modern Rock Tracks chart as well as #19 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart.
"What's My Age Again?" was written by bassist Mark Hoppus and guitarist Tom DeLonge. The song has pop punk influences, with elements of pop and pop rock thrown in. The song has a driving tempo. "What's My Age Again?" is two minutes and twenty-eight seconds long. The song is composed in the key of F-sharp.
"What’s My Age Again?" can be found on the U.S. edition of the compilation album “Now That's What I Call Music! 3” (1999). The song is available as downloadable content for the Rock Band series and Guitar Hero World Tour and it is part of the setlist of Rock Band Unplugged. When originally released, the song was performed on Saturday Night Live along with "All the Small Things" on January 8, 2000 on the season 25 episode hosted by Jamie Foxx. In this performance, Mark Hoppus changed the line "But then I turned on the TV" to "But then I turned on NBC" in a nod to the channel that currently airs the long-running sketch show. The song is featured in the film “Loser,” and in a trailer for the film “17 Again,”
After being expelled from Poway High School for showing up drunk at a basketball game, Tom DeLonge attended Rancho Bernardo High School where he became friends with Anne Hoppus. DeLonge often expressed the desire to be in a band, so in August 1992 Anne introduced him to her brother Mark Hoppus, who also wanted to be in a band. The two played for hours in DeLonge's garage, showing each other songs they had previously written, and writing new songs together – one of which would become the track "Carousel". To impress DeLonge, Hoppus climbed to the top of a streetlight outside of DeLonge's home – however, he broke both ankles on the way down, resulting in being in crutches for the next few weeks. The two decided they needed to officially start a band, so DeLonge recruited friend Scott Raynor, whom he had met at a party. The three began playing together and called themselves Duck Tape, until DeLonge thought of the name Blink.
The band practiced constantly, which angered Hoppus's girlfriend. She told him he had to choose between the band and her, so he left the band just as it was starting. DeLonge then informed Hoppus that he borrowed a 4-track from a friend and he and Raynor were using it to make a demo tape. Upon hearing this, Hoppus decided he would leave his girlfriend and return to the band. The demo tape, titled Flyswatter, was recorded in May 1993 in Raynor's bedroom. The 4-track used to record the material resulted in poor sound quality. According to Hoppus only a small number of demos were released, primarily to their family and friends. The same year, the band recorded another demo tape, this one untitled and known simply as Demo #2. It featured re-recordings of a few Flyswatter songs and also included new songs, some of which would go on to be re-recorded and re-released on the band's albums Buddha, Cheshire Cat, and Dude Ranch.
Buddha, their third and final demo, was recorded in 1993 over three rainy nights on a 24 track recording system at Double Time Studios in San Diego, California, according to the CD's liner notes. It was released on cassette in 1993 with around 1,000 copies of the tape produced by Filter Records, an independent record company headed by Hoppus's boss. The album was one of the few Blink-182 productions released with the band name as Blink. A remastered version was released on Kung Fu Records in 1998 (with three of the original tracks omitted and two new tracks added).
Early days in the band included carrying and tuning their gear at every gig and living in a van. The band's first goal was to headline SOMA, a San Diego all-ages club only (then) capable of holding 1,500 people. After eventually playing other small clubs in Southern California, Hoppus recalls "[we] worked our way up from there." DeLonge called clubs constantly in San Diego asking for a spot to play, as well as calling up local high schools convincing them that Blink was a "motivational band with a strong anti-drug message" in hopes to play at an assembly or lunch.
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