- (Can't Get My) Head Around You
Infobox Single
Name = (Can't Get My) Head Around You
Caption =
Artist =The Offspring
from Album = Splinter
A-side =
B-side =
Released = April 13, 2004
Format =CD
Recorded = 2003
Genre =Punk rock
Length = 02:14
Label = Columbia
Writer =Dexter Holland
Producer = Brendan O'Brien
Certification =
Last single = "Hit That "
(2003)
This single = "(Can't Get My) Head Around You"
(2004)
Next single = "Spare Me the Details "
(2004)
Misc = "(Can't Get My) Head Around You" was the second single off ofThe Offspring 's 2003 album "Splinter". The video clip features the band playing in a dome lit by fluorescent lights and was shot with over 600 cameras, in what the band's website calls 'the ultimate performance video'.This is the first music video from The Offspring to show
Atom Willard playing the drums.Track listing
# "(Can't Get My) Head Around You" - 2:14
# "Gotta Get Away " (Live) - 3:46
# "Come Out and Play" (Live) - 3:10
# "The Kids Aren't Alright " (BBC Radio 1 Session) - 4:16Song Meaning
The song generally reflects the title, in that the
narrator is unable to figure out why the object of the song does what they do, for example with lines like 'every single day what you say makes no sense to me', and 'I'll never really know what's really going on inside you'. The narrator hints that the object has insecurities ('deep inside your soul there's a hole you don't want to see') and is 'covering them up like a cut'. The narrator then resigns himself to being unable to decipher the mystery, but the song also hints that the insecurities grow worse and worse - 'the cut's getting deeper'.Composition
The song switches between light and heavy distorted
guitar -driven segments - the first verse is lighter, the second verse and chorus are heavier and louder, the bridge then reverts to the subdued sound of the first verse before the distortion comes into play for the second chorus and conclusion.Chart positions
External links
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dXvnl9I7v0 "(Can't Get My) Head Around You" music video]
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