She's Got Issues
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{{Infobox song
| name = She's Got Issues
| cover = TheOffspringSGI.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = The Offspring
| album = Americana
| released = November 15, 1999 (EU)
November 22, 1999 (UK){{cite magazine |title=New Singles |magazine=Music Week |date=20 November 1999 |page=29}}
| recorded = 1998
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = Pop-punk{{cite web|url=https://medium.com/@carlos.chagij/pop-punk-and-its-social-context-eef0526bb69b|publisher=Medium|access-date=April 10, 2025|first=Carlos|last=Chacon|date=March 8, 2024|title=POP-PUNK AND ITS SOCIAL CONTEXT.}}
| length = 03:48
| label = Columbia{{cite web |url=http://rateyourmusic.com/release/single/the_offspring/shes_got_issues/ |title=She's Got Issues |publisher=Rate Your Music |accessdate=July 17, 2013}}
| writer = Dexter Holland
| producer = Dave Jerden{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/shes-got-issues-mw0001285622/credits |title=The Offspring – She's Got Issues |publisher=Allmusic |accessdate=July 17, 2013 |date= |author= |language=}}
| prev_title = The Kids Aren't Alright
| prev_year = 1999
| next_title = Original Prankster
| next_year = 2000
}}
"She's Got Issues" is a song by The Offspring. It is the seventh track on their fifth studio album Americana (1998) and was released as the fourth and final single in November 1999. The song also appears as the third track on the EP A Piece of Americana (1998).
The lyrics to the song have a narrator calling out on his angsty, victim-playing girlfriend.{{cite web |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3R7GZ8ghL8wC&pg=PA90 |title=White Punks on Dope |work=Spin|date=March 1999 }}{{cite news |url=http://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/An-All-Americana-Punk-Band-The-Offspring-keep-2977356.php |title=An All-'Americana' Punk Band / The Offspring keep social criticism at the fore of new CD |work=San Francisco Chronicle}} As singer Dexter Holland described, "Today everyone has issues and no one takes responsibility because their mother or their father drank too much or whatever".{{cite magazine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FQoEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA14 |title=Offspring Explores Themes of 'Americana' In Columbia Set |magazine=Billboard|date=October 10, 1998 }} The title is inspired by the "typical psychobabble" present in talk shows.{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/504023/offspring-rock-back-to-basics/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141224024100/http://www.mtv.com/news/504023/offspring-rock-back-to-basics/|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 24, 2014|title=Offspring Rock Back To Basics|publisher=MTV|accessdate=March 8, 2018}}
Music video
The video, directed by Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris and animated by Wayne White,{{cite web |url=https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/blog/categorize-artist-wayne-white-dont-even-try|title=Categorize Artist Wayne White? Don't Even Try |publisher=PBS |accessdate=January 19, 2015}} shows a usual workday of a young adult woman (played by a pre-fame Zooey Deschanel), and the things in her everyday life that she finds disturbing or annoying, are enhanced by grotesque cartoons, which represent her imagination.{{cite web|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/remember-when-zooey-deschanel-was-in-the-offsprings-video-for-shes-got-issues/|title=Yep, Zooey Deschanel Starred in The Offspring's Video for 'She's Got Issues'|author=|date=June 9, 2016|website=vice.com|access-date=March 8, 2018}} On the Making the Video episode for "She's Got Issues", Dexter Holland described it as an "anti-video" for its highly conceptual nature.{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1432902/offspring-shoots-shes-got-issues-shares-video-insight/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20141208034626/http://www.mtv.com/news/1432902/offspring-shoots-shes-got-issues-shares-video-insight/|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 8, 2014|title=Offspring Shoots 'She's Got Issues,' Shares Video Insight|publisher=MTV|accessdate=March 8, 2018}}
The woman is first shown sleeping in her bed. She wakes up and fries two eggs for breakfast. After watching TV while eating, she changes into her clothes and goes downstairs. She then takes the subway to work at a photo printing shop. She gets caught by her boss stealing a photo and is fired after an argument. She consults her psychiatrist about her issues. She then runs back to her apartment and is welcomed by the band playing there.
Dexter Holland states on the DVD commentary for The Complete Music Video Collection that while he enjoyed working with the directors, he ultimately didn't feel that the video turned out how he thought it would.
Track listing
=DVD appearances=
The music video also appears on their video collection Complete Music Video Collection, which was released in 2005.
=Version 1=
{{track listing
| title1 = She's Got Issues
| length1 = 3:49
| title2 = The Kids Aren't Alright
| note2 = Full Mix
| length2 = 4:56
| title3 = All I Want
| note3 = Live
| length3 = 2:29
| title4 = Pretty Fly (for a White Guy)
| note4 = The Baka Boyz Low Rider Remix
| length4 = 3:01
}}
=Version 2/UK CD1=
{{track listing
| title1 = She's Got Issues
| length1 = 3:49
| title2 = The Kids Aren't Alright
| note2 = The Wiseguys Mix
| length2 = 4:56
| title3 = The Kids Aren't Alright
| note3 = The Wiseguys Instrumental
| length3 = 4:56
}}
=Version 3/UK CD2=
{{track listing
| title1 = She's Got Issues
| length1 = 3:49
| title2 = All I Want
| note2 = Live
| length2 = 2:02
| title3 = The Kids Aren't Alright
| note3 = CD Extra Video
| length3 = 4:56
}}
Personnel
= The Offspring =
- Dexter Holland – vocals, guitar
- Noodles – guitar
- Greg K. – bass
- Ron Welty – drums
Charts
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" |
| scope="col"| Chart (1999)
! scope="col"| Peak |
|---|
| {{single chart|Dutch100|89|artist=The Offspring|song=She's Got Issues}} |
| {{single chart|Sweden|59|artist=The Offspring|song=She's Got Issues}} |
| {{single chart|Switzerland|60|artist=The Offspring|song=She's Got Issues}} |
| {{single chart|UKsinglesbyname|41|artist=Offspring}} |
| {{single chart|UKrock|1|date=November 28, 1999|accessdate=March 16, 2017}} |
| {{single chart|Billboardmainstreamrock|19|artist=The Offspring}} |
| {{single chart|Billboardalternativesongs|11|artist=The Offspring}} |
References
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External links
- {{YouTube|SAxPLSvvbXY|"She's Got Issues" Official music video}}
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Category:Songs written by Dexter Holland
Category:Music videos directed by Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris