Along with fellow California punk bands Green Day and Rancid, The Offspring have been credited with reviving mainstream interest in punk rock in the United States during the mid-1990s. To date, The Offspring has released eight studio albums, one compilation, four EPs and three DVDs. They have sold over 34 million albums worldwide, making them one of the best-selling punk rock acts of all time. Each album since the release of their 1994 album Smash has sold over a million units.
Since the release of Smash, which is the best-selling independent label album of all time, The Offspring has achieved commercial success over five albums, with singles such as "Come Out and Play", and "Self Esteem". The band’s next three albums, Ixnay on the Hombre, Americana and Conspiracy of One, were also successful, with Ixnay on the Hombre and Conspiracy of One reaching platinum certification, and Americana achieving multi-platinum status. Longtime drummer Ron Welty left The Offspring in early 2003, and was replaced by Atom Willard. Later that year, the band released their next album, Splinter, to moderate sales and fairly warm reviews. In 2005, The Offspring released a greatest hits album and toured in support of the compilation. Their eighth studio album, Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace, was released on June 17, 2008 with the hit singles "You’re Gonna Go Far, Kid" and "Hammerhead."
Days Go By is the band’s ninth studio album and is due to be released on June 26, 2012. The Days Go By Songfacts reports that the title track was released as the first single and was premiered on KROQ on April 27, 2012.
2. Offspring was a short-lived English pop duo of the early 1970s, consisting of Mike Brayn and John Howard, who met at Hurstpierpoint College in Sussex, United Kingdom. They released just one single, 'Windfall' (1972). Their planned studio album was never completed.
52 Girls
The Offspring Lyrics
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See them on the beach or in New York City
Jennifer and Cyndee
And Sascha and Marvin
Can you name, name, name, name them today
Can you name, name, name, name them today
Chelsea and Gloria and Wendy and Glenda
These are the girls of the USA
The principal girls of the USA
Can you name, name, name, name them today
Can you name, name, name, name them today
Oh Rose, Rose and Denise
And Michelle and Randi, Kamala and Roma
Cynthia and Lisa, Tammi and Virginia
And Stephanie and Jamie-O
These are the girls of the USA
The principal girls of the USA
Can you name, name, name, name them today
Can you name, name, name, name them today
The Offspring's song "52 Girls" is a tribute to the many diverse and unique women found throughout the United States. The song's lyrics essentially act as a roll call of different female names, beginning with the likes of Shelly, Jane, Laura, Stacey, Jennifer, Cyndee, Sascha, and Marvin. The song presents the question, "Can you name them today?" challenging the listener to recall and recognize the individuality of each of these women.
The chorus repeats the question, adding additional female names to the list: Chelsea, Gloria, Wendy, Glenda, Rose, Denise, Michelle, Randi, Kamala, Roma, Cynthia, Lisa, Tammi, Virginia, Stephanie, and Jamie-O. Through this repetition, as well as the use of names from various ethnicities and regions, the song emphasizes the diversity within the female population of the United States.
While the song does not have an explicit message or story, it serves to recognize and celebrate the many different women who make up the country. The use of individual names also gives the song a sense of personalization and intimacy, as if the listener knows or has met each of these women.
Line by Line Meaning
Shelly, Jane, Laura, Stacey
The first names of some of the girls mentioned in the song
See them on the beach or in New York City
Where these girls can be spotted
Jennifer and Cyndee
Other girls mentioned in the song
And Sascha and Marvin
And these two are also mentioned
Can you name, name, name, name them today
Challenge to try to remember and recognize these girls
Chelsea and Gloria and Wendy and Glenda
Some more of the girls mentioned
These are the girls of the USA
All these girls are representative of America's young females
The principal girls of the USA
A way to emphasize the importance, and pervasiveness, of these girls in American society
Oh Rose, Rose and Denise
More girls named in the song
And Michelle and Randi, Kamala and Roma
And these girls too
Cynthia and Lisa, Tammi and Virginia
As well as these girls
And Stephanie and Jamie-O
And finally these two are also mentioned
Contributed by Aubrey A. Suggest a correction in the comments below.