Apple Shampoo

{{Infobox song

| name = Apple Shampoo

| cover = Apple Shampoo Blink.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Blink-182

| album = Dude Ranch

| released = April 14, 1997

| recorded = December 1996–January 1997

| studio = Big Fish Studios (Encinitas, California)

| venue =

| length = 2:52

| label = {{flat list|

Cargo Music
Grilled Cheese
Rapido}}

| writer = {{flat list|

| producer = Mark Trombino

| prev_title = Wasting Time

| prev_year = 1996

| next_title = Dammit

| next_year = 1997

}}

"Apple Shampoo" is a song by American rock band Blink-182, released on April 14, 1997, in Australia as the first single from the group's second studio album, Dude Ranch (1997). The song was released as a single in Australia only, through an exclusive license with Mushroom Records imprint label Rapido.

Background

The song, which regards a failing relationship, was inspired by the end of Mark Hoppus' relationship with Elyse Rogers of the ska punk band Dance Hall Crashers, with whom Blink toured in 1996.Shooman, 2010. p. 45 The song's title came from Rogers' favorite type of shampoo.{{cite web |url=http://www.latimes.com/wtxx-songs-with-misleading-titles-20121203-003,0,3463002.photo#axzz30A8TirL5 |title=Songs with Misleading Titles |work=Los Angeles Times |accessdate=April 28, 2014 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140505000234/http://www.latimes.com/wtxx-songs-with-misleading-titles-20121203-003,0,3463002.photo#axzz30A8TirL5 |archivedate=May 5, 2014 |url-status=dead }} Hoppus said, "[Rogers] always smelt like apple shampoo and that's why I named it 'Apple Shampoo' [be]cause it's about her. It would've been really bad form to name the song 'Elyse from Dance Hall Crashers'."{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btwfYm1egG0|title=Mark Hoppus on "Apple Shampoo"|via=www.youtube.com}}

Composition

The song is composed in the key of C major and is set in time signature of common time with a fast tempo of 216 beats per minute. Hoppus's vocal range spans from G₄ to A₅.{{cite web|url=http://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtdFPE.asp?ppn=MN0083308&|title=Blink-182 Apple Shampoo - Guitar Tab|work=Music Notes|publisher=EMI Music Publishing|accessdate=April 26, 2014}}

Release

"Apple Shampoo" was released as the band set out on the Australian leg of the Warped Tour 1997.{{cite web|url=http://i.imgur.com/FmjhxA3.png|title=~New Releases~ Product Available from : 14/4/97 (from The ARIA Report Issue No. 372)|publisher=Imgur.com (original document published by ARIA)|accessdate=April 12, 2017}} The song was an Australian-only single release celebrating the tour and their fanbase in Australia, which had grown considerably since 1995.Hoppus, 2001. p. 53{{cite AV media notes | title=Apple Shampoo - Single | year=1997 | others=Blink-182 | type=liner notes | publisher=Cargo Music / MCA Records | location=Australia | id=RAP023}} The single peaked at number 90 on the Australian singles chart in April 1997.

Format and track listing

All songs written by Blink-182, except "Good Times" (D. Grusin, A. Bergman/D.Bergman)

;CD (1997)

"Apple Shampoo" – 2:54
"Voyeur" – 2:46
"Good Times" – 1:04

Personnel

;Blink-182

Mark Hoppus – bass, lead vocals
Tom DeLonge – guitar, backing vocals
Scott Raynor – drums

;Production

Mark Trombino – production, recording, mixing
Brian Gardner – mastering

Chart positions

= Weekly charts =

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scope="col"\| Chart (1997) !scope="col"\| Peak position
Australia (ARIA){{cite book\|last=Ryan\|first=Gavin\|title=Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010\|year=2011\|publisher=Moonlight Publishing\|location=Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia}} \|90

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scope="col"| Chart (1997)

!scope="col"| Peak
position

Australia (ARIA){{cite book|last=Ryan|first=Gavin|title=Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010|year=2011|publisher=Moonlight Publishing|location=Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia}}

|90