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Ixnay on the Hombre by The Offspring
Ixnay on the Hombre is an album by The Offspring, released in 1997. 5 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 95 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Gone Away”, on 60 lists with a best position of #3.
Ixnay on the Hombre, the Offspring's fourth album, arrived on February 4, 1997, and it's the sound of a band trying to follow a monster. After the enormous success of Smash, they went into the studio in mid-1996 and, for the first time, worked without Thom Wilson, handing the controls to Dave Jerden instead. Dexter Holland, Kevin Wasserman, bassist Greg Kriesel and drummer Ron Welty still play fast and snotty, but Jerden gives them more muscle and more room to move.
The title mashes Pig Latin into Spanish to say, roughly, down with the Man. "Gone Away" is the heavyweight here, big and brooding, while "All I Want", "The Meaning of Life" and "I Choose" were the other singles. It debuted at number nine on the Billboard 200 and went platinum, though it never matched the runaway numbers of Smash.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Ixnay on the Hombre on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gone Away | 60 | #3 | – | 1997–2026 | |
| 2 | All I Want | 14 | #55 | – | 1997–2009 | |
| 3 | I Choose | 14 | #23 | – | 1997–2002 | |
| 4 | The Meaning of Life | 5 | #69 | – | 1997–2002 | |
| 5 | Amazed | 1 | #93 | – | 1997 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.