I'll Be Waiting/Blackball

Infobox Single
Name = I'll Be Waiting/Blackball

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Caption =
Artist = The Offspring
from Album = The Offspring
Released = 1986 [http://www.offspring.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/Offspring.woa/wa/history offspring.com] ]
Format = Vinyl
Recorded = 1986
Genre = Punk rock
Length =

• 3:26 (I'll Be Waiting)

• 3:06 (Blackball)

Label = Black Label
Writer = Dexter Holland
Producer = The Offspring and Jim Dotson
Certification =
Chart position =
Last single =
This single = "I'll Be Waiting/Blackball" (1986)
Next single = "Come Out And Play (Keep 'Em Separated)" (1994)
Misc =

"I'll Be Waiting/Blackball" is the name of the first single released by punk band The Offspring. The single is a double A-Side single, featuring "I'll Be Waiting" and "Blackball". Both tracks can be found on The Offsprings self-titled album released three years later - "The Offspring". Both songs were re-recorded for the album, so that "The Offspring" would not just be a 20+ minute mini-album.

The cover of this single can also be seen on the back cover of "The Offspring" CD.

Track Listings

# "I'll Be Waiting" - 3:26
# "Blackball" - 3:06

Release

The band itself released "Blackball" on Black Label Records (which the band named after a brand of beer), as a 7" vinyl record. Only 1000 copies of this record were made, 500 with a sleeve and 500 without, and it took the band two and a half years to sell them all. Ironically, this record is now the most expensive piece of The Offspring's work as it is also the rarest.

Personnel

*B. Holland, or Bryan Holland, referring to Dexter Holland – lead vocals
*Child C-2017, referring to Noodles – guitar
*Greggor, referring to Greg K. – bass
*James Frederick Lilja, referring to James Lilja – drums

In popular culture

*"Blackball" was featured in the videogame Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4.

References