(Can't_Get_My)_Head_Around_You
(Can't Get My) Head Around You
2004 song by The Offspring
"(Can't Get My) Head Around You" is a punk rock song by The Offspring. The song features as the sixth track of the band's seventh studio album, Splinter (2003), and was released as its second single in 2004. "(Can't Get My) Head Around You" was released to radio on February 24, 2004.[4] The song also appears as the 14th and final track on the band's Greatest Hits (2005).
| "(Can't Get My) Head Around You" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by The Offspring | ||||
| from the album Splinter | ||||
| B-side | "Gotta Get Away (Live)" | |||
| Released | April 13, 2004 | |||
| Recorded | 2003 | |||
| Genre | Punk rock[1] | |||
| Length | 2:15 | |||
| Label | Columbia[2] | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Dexter Holland | |||
| Producer(s) | Brendan O'Brien[3] | |||
| The Offspring singles chronology | ||||
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A music video was released in support of the single. The video clip features the band playing in a dome lit by fluorescent lights and was shot with over 125 cameras,[5] in what the band's website calls 'the ultimate performance video'. The video was directed by Joseph Kahn, with Chris Watts supervising the visual effects and the multicamera system.
This is the first music video from The Offspring to show Atom Willard playing the drums.
The music video appears on the Complete Music Video Collection DVD, released in 2005.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "(Can't Get My) Head Around You" | 2:14 |
| 2. | "Gotta Get Away" (Live) | 3:46 |
| 3. | "Come Out and Play" (Live) | 3:10 |
| 4. | "The Kids Aren't Alright" (BBC Radio 1 Session) | 4:16 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "(Can't Get My) Head Around You" | 2:16 |
| 2. | "Come Out and Play" (Live) | 3:12 |
| 3. | "Gotta Get Away" (Live) | 3:44 |
| 4. | "Hit That" (Live) | 2:50 |
| 5. | "(Can't Get My) Head Around You" (Video) | 2:16 |
Limited edition 7" picture disc
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "(Can't Get My) Head Around You" | 2:14 |
| 2. | "Gotta Get Away" (Live) | 3:44 |
Japan CD maxi
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "(Can't Get My) Head Around You" | 2:14 |
| 2. | "Hit That" (Live) | 2:50 |
| 3. | "Come Out and Play" (Live) | 3:12 |
| 4. | "Gotta Get Away" (Live) | 3:44 |
| 5. | "The Kids Aren't Alright" (BBC Radio 1 Session) | 4:16 |
| 6. | "(Can't Get My) Head Around You" (Video CD extra) | 2:16 |
Promo CD
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "(Can't Get My) Head Around You" | 2:14 |
The Offspring
- Dexter Holland – lead and backing vocals, rhythm guitar
- Noodles – lead guitar, backing vocals
- Greg K. – bass, backing vocals
Additional musicians
- Josh Freese – drums
| Chart (2004) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australia (ARIA)[7] | 53 |
| Canada Rock Top 30 (Radio & Records)[8] | 15 |
| UK Singles (OCC)[9] | 48 |
| UK Rock & Metal (OCC)[10] | 5 |
| US Mainstream Rock (Billboard)[11] | 16 |
| US Alternative Airplay (Billboard)[12] | 6 |
- , Loftus, Johnny. "Splinter - The Offspring". AllMusic. Retrieved 2012-06-04.
- "(Can't Get My) Head Around You". Rate Your Music. Retrieved July 19, 2013.
- "The Offspring – Can't Get My Head Around You". Allmusic. Retrieved July 19, 2013.
- "FMQB Airplay Archive: Modern Rock". Friday Morning Quarterback Album Report, Incorporated. Archived from the original on March 22, 2013. Retrieved October 30, 2016.
- D'Angelo, Joe (March 3, 2004). "Offspring Approach Latest Video From Every Possible Angle". MTV News. Retrieved July 19, 2013.
- "Offspring, The – (Can't Get My) Head Around You". Discogs. Retrieved July 19, 2013.
- Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 207.
- "RR Canada Rock Top 30" (PDF). p. 64. Retrieved October 6, 2019.
