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“Days Go By” by The Offspring
From the album Days Go By (2012)
“Days Go By” by The Offspring appears on 9 radio countdowns from 9 stations in 2012. It was first released in 2012 on the album Days Go By. Its best result is #11 on the 99Rock WFRD Top 99 of 2012. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #22 alternative song of 2012 and #218 of the '10s.
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"Days Go By" gave the Offspring's ninth album its name and its first single, premiering on Los Angeles rock station KROQ on April 27, 2012, before going to radio that May. Dexter Holland wrote it, and it was a slow build: one of the first songs the band started for the record and one of the last they finished, rewritten so many times that the riff, verse and chorus all changed along the way. It wasn't even a lock for the album until friends and the band's manager started insisting it was the one.
Bob Rock produced, engineered and mixed it, and it's a big, clean, chugging alternative rock track, Holland and Kevin Wasserman on electric guitars, Greg Kriesel on bass, Josh Freese on drums and Jamie Edwards adding keyboards. It went to number 2 on the US Mainstream Rock chart.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 36 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 50 Songs of 2012 | 50 |
| 2012 | 36 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 2012 | 91 |
| 2012 | 23 | CFNY 102.1 The Edge Toronto, ON | 102.1 The Edge Top 50 New Rock Songs of 2012 | 50 |
| 2012 | 15 | The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC | The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2012 | 99 |
| 2012 | 42 | 97X Tampa-St. Petersburg, FL | 97X Top 97 Songs of 2012 | 97 |
| 2012 | 15 | X96 Salt Lake City, UT | X96 Top 50 Songs of 2012 | 50 |
| 2012 | 32 | 96.5 The Buzz Kansas City, MO-KS | 96.5 The Buzz Top 96 Songs of 2012 | 96 |
| 2012 | 21 | 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) | WEQX Top 102.7 of 2012 | 103 |
| 2012 | 11 | 99 Rock Lebanon-Hanover-White River Junction, NH-VT | 99Rock WFRD Top 99 of 2012 | 99 |
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