Song · The Offspring
“Half Truism” by The Offspring
From the album Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace (2008)
“Half Truism” by The Offspring appears on 11 radio countdowns from 11 stations in 2009. It was first released in 2008 on the album Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace. Its best result is #15 on the X96 Top 50 Songs of 2009. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #58 alternative song of 2009.
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"Half-Truism" kicks the door open on Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace, the Offspring's eighth studio album from 2008, and it waited the best part of a year for its own turn as a single: the fourth and last, sent to radio on May 12, 2009. Dexter Holland wrote it alone, and Bob Rock produced it, engineered it with Eric Helmkamp and mixed it himself.
The band road-tested it early. Before the album was out they premiered it at Australia's Soundwave Festival, which they headlined in 2008, making it only the second song from the record to be played live, after "Hammerhead" got its first airing at Summersonic in 2007. As album openers go, it's a snotty, no-nonsense curtain-raiser.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 17 | Q101 Chicago, IL | Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2009 | 101 |
| 2009 | 51 | The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC | The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2009 | 99 |
| 2009 | 64 | X103.9 Riverside-San Bernardino, CA | X103.9 Top Songs of 2009 | 103 |
| 2009 | 40 | 103.1 The Buzz West Palm Beach, FL | Buzz 103.1 Top 103 Buzz Cuts of 2009 | 103 |
| 2009 | 29 | 105.7 The Point St. Louis, MO | 105.7 The Point Top 105 Songs of 2009 | 105 |
| 2009 | 15 | X96 Salt Lake City, UT | X96 Top 50 Songs of 2009 | 50 |
| 2009 | 49 | 94.5 The Buzz Houston, TX | 94.5 The Buzz Top 94 of 2009 | 94 |
| 2009 | 79 | 88.3 The Sting Cleveland, OH | 88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2009 | 88 |
| 2009 | 53 | 99 Rock Lebanon-Hanover-White River Junction, NH-VT | 99Rock WFRD Top 99 of 2009 | 99 |
| 2009 | 22 | FM 102/1 Milwaukee, WI | FM 102/1 Top 50 of 2009 | 50 |
| 2009 | 78 | WBRU Providence, RI | WBRU Top 95.5 Songs of 2009 | 96 |
Also listed as: Half-Truism.
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