I Choose

Infobox Single
Name = I Choose


Caption =
Artist = The Offspring
from Album = Ixnay on the Hombre
A-side =
B-side =
Released = 1997 [http://www.offspring-online.com/oo/disco/singles%20-%201997%20-%20ixnay_on_the_hombre.html offspring-online.com] ]
Format = CD
Recorded = 1996
Genre = Punk rock Skate punk Pop punk Ska punk
Length = 03:54
Label = Columbia
Writer = Dexter Holland
Producer = Dave Jerden
Certification =
Chart position =
* #5 (US Mainstream Rock)
* #24 (US Modern Rock)
* #42 (United Kingdom)
* #68 (Australia)
Last single = "The Meaning of Life"
(1997)
This single = "I Choose"
(1997)
Next single = "Pretty Fly (for a White Guy)" (1998)
Misc ="I Choose" was the fourth and final single from The Offspring's fourth album, "Ixnay on the Hombre". The single did not enjoy a lot of success and was omitted from the band's "Greatest Hits" album.

Track listing

#"I Choose"
#"All I Want (Live)"
#"Mota"

Music Video

The video for the song was directed by the band's lead singer and songwriter, Dexter Holland. The video takes place in an airport, where the band members depart from a taxi cab. While people are dancing, a skateboarder skates through. When his bag is checked, the x-ray sees a "ticking clock". Thinking that it is a bomb, a security guard chases him down only to open his bag and find a Flava Flav style clock necklace. This footage is spliced with footage of the band performing antics of their own (such as lead guitarist Noodles playing the solo on a conveyor belt) and performing in a completely different place where heavy winds blow trash into their equipment.

On the "Greatest Hits DVD", the band joked about the idea of making a video like this now, with the seriousness of airport security. The band considered it one of their best music videos.

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