Adam's Song

Adam's Song

Infobox Single
Name = Adam's Song


Artist = Blink-182
from Album = Enema of the State
Released = September 5, 2000
Format = CD, DVD
Recorded = 1999
Genre = Alternative rock
Length = 4:10
Label = MCA
Producer = Jerry Finn
Last single = "All the Small Things"
(2000)
This single = "Adam's Song"
(2000)
Next single = "Man Overboard"
(2000)

"Adam's Song" is a song by American pop punk band Blink-182, from their third album "Enema of the State", which was the album largely credited for the band's success. It was released as the third CD single from the album behind "What's My Age Again?" and "All the Small Things" on September 5, 2000.cite web|url=http://www.amazon.com/Adams-Song-blink-182/dp/B00004TY94|title=Adam's Song [Single] |work=Amazon.com|accessdate=2008-05-24] "Adam's Song" was one of five Blink-182 songs that peaked at #2 on the US Modern Rock Tracks chart.cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/retrieve_chart_history.do?model.vnuArtistId=182793&model.vnuAlbumId=609766|title=Artist Chart History - Blink-182|work=Billboard.com|accessdate=2008-05-24] Vocals on the song are performed by Mark Hoppus.

Overview

"Adam's Song" is commonly referred to as the song when Blink-182 got "serious", being their first well-known slow-paced song. The song is somewhat out of place for Blink-182, considering it is placed in between catchy and fast-paced songs "Dysentery Gary" and "All the Small Things".cite web|url=http://www.reviewcentre.com/review125104.html|title=Blink-182, Enema of the State review|work=Review Centre|accessdate=2008-05-24] cite web|url=http://au.music.ign.com/articles/442/442001p1.html|title=Blink-182 Review|work=Review Centre|accessdate=2008-05-24]

The song's lyrics deal with depression and suicide, which is a noticeable departure from the toilet humor present in most of the other songs on "Enema of the State". It is comparable to their later song "Stay Together for the Kids" (dealing with 'broken home' and family issues), from Blink-182's fourth studio album, "Take Off Your Pants and Jacket".

The song makes a reference to Come As You Are by Nirvana with the lyrics, "I took my time, I hurried up, The choice was mine, I didn't think enough."

It was once thought that the website "Adam's Letter" featured the inspiration behind the song, though this was later revealed as a fictitious story, and any "resemblance between the characters, places, and events to any real people is purely coincidental."cite web|url=http://www.adamsletter.com/|title=Adam's Letter|work=Rollingstone.com|accessdate=2008-05-24]

The song caused a stir in 2000, when it was set to replay indefinitely on a stereo as 17-year-old Greg Barnes, a survivor of the Columbine High School Massacre, hanged himself in the garage of his family's home.cite web | url = http://music.yahoo.com/read/news/12039065 | date = 2000-05-08 |title = Blink Song Played At Suicide | work = Yahoo! Music | accessdate = 2008-05-24 | last = Rosen | first = Craig]

Track listing

CD

#"Adam's Song" (Radio Edit)
#"Going Away to College" (Live)
#"Adam's Song" (Live)
#"Wendy Clear" (Live)

DVD

#"Man Overboard" (Music Video)
#"Adam's Song" (Music Video)

References

External links

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmLa_W_afH4 Watch "Adam's Song" on Youtube]


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