Song · The Offspring
“Bad Habit” by The Offspring
From the album Smash (1994)
“Bad Habit” by The Offspring appears on 10 radio countdowns from 6 stations between 1995 and 2024. It was first released in 1994 on the album Smash. Its best result is #21 on the KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 2006). In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #159 alternative song of 1995 and #2,434 alternative song of all time.
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Dexter Holland wrote "Bad Habit" by himself, words and music, and the Offspring put it on Smash, their third album, released on Epitaph in 1994. They cut the record in a little under two months at Track Record in North Hollywood, piecing it together on the spot rather than following any master plan, and it was the last studio album Thom Wilson produced for them after steering them since their 1989 debut.
Smash also carried "Come Out and Play", "Self Esteem" and "Gotta Get Away", and alongside Green Day's Dookie it shoved punk rock into the mainstream just as grunge had cracked the door open. It went on to sell over eleven million copies worldwide, more than any other album on an independent label.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Classic Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 30 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1995 | 107 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 59 | KROQ | KROQ Top 300 Most Requested Songs of the '90s (Labor Day 1999) | 300 |
| 2004 | 47 | Q101 | Q101 Top 300 Party Songs of All-Time (July 2004) | 300 |
| 2004 | 245 | 107.7 The End | The End Original Alternative 500 (May 2004) | 500 |
| 2006 | 21 | KROQ | KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 2006) | 500 |
| 2007 | 53 | KROQ | KROQ Top 500 Most Requested Songs of the '90s (Labor Day 2007) | 500 |
| 2008 | 39 | KROQ | KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 2008) | 500 |
| 2009 | 218 | Live 105 | Live 105 Memorial 500 Song List (2009) | 500 |
| 2022 | 277 | X96 | X96 Top 500 Alternative Songs of All Time | 500 |
| 2024 | 386 | 99.1 PLR | 99.1 PLR Top 400 of the Last 40 Years (2024) | 400 |
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