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“She's Got Issues” by The Offspring
From the album Americana (1998)
“She's Got Issues” by The Offspring appears on 13 radio countdowns from 11 stations between 1999 and 2004. It was first released in 1998 on the album Americana. Its best result is #21 on the 91X Top 91 Songs of 1999. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #65 alternative song of 1999, #4,158 alternative song of all time and #470 of the '90s.
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"She's Got Issues" is the seventh track on Americana, the Offspring's fifth studio album, from 1998, and it became the record's fourth and final single in 1999. Dexter Holland wrote it, and Dave Jerden produced and mixed. It's a snotty pop-punk rant aimed at a girlfriend who blames everything on someone else, with the title swiped from the kind of pop psychology that talk shows ran on.
The riffs bounce, the chorus sneers, and Holland sounds exasperated in the most singalong way possible. The video, directed by Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris with animation by Wayne White, follows a young woman, played by a pre-fame Zooey Deschanel, through a workday where every irritation turns into a grotesque cartoon. Holland called it an anti-video.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 49 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1999 | 107 |
| 1999 | 21 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 1999 | 91 |
| 1999 | 48 | Live 105 San Francisco, CA | Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1999 | 106 |
| 1999 | 98 | Q101 Chicago, IL | Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1999 | 101 |
| 1999 | 81 | WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD | WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 1999 | 100 |
| 1999 | 50 | K-Rock New York, NY | K-Rock Top 92 Songs of 1999 | 92 |
| 1999 | 83 | WFNX Boston, MA | WFNX Top 99 Songs of 1999 | 99 |
| 1999 | 46 | 107.7 The End Seattle, WA | The End Top 107 Songs of 1999 | 107 |
| 1999 | 87 | 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) | WEQX Top 102.7 of 1999 | 103 |
| 1999 | 103 | Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) | Radio & Records Top 104 Songs of 1999 | 104 |
| 2000 | 95 | WBCN Boston, MA | WBCN Top 104 Songs of Y2K | 102 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 543 | 107.7 The End | The End Top 1077 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 1077 |
| 2004 | 261 | 107.7 The End | The End Original Alternative 500 (May 2004) | 500 |
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