Song · The Offspring
“The Meaning of Life” by The Offspring
From the album Ixnay on the Hombre (1997)
“The Meaning of Life” by The Offspring appears on 5 radio countdowns from 4 stations between 1997 and 2002. It was first released in 1997 on the album Ixnay on the Hombre. Its best result is #69 on the 105.7 The Point Top 105.7 of 1997. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #169 alternative song of 1997 and #4,689 alternative song of all time.
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"The Meaning of Life" sits second in line on Ixnay on the Hombre, the Offspring's fourth album, released through Columbia in 1997, and it's skate punk served straight up: a big question in the title and a band in too much of a hurry to wait around for the answer. Dexter Holland wrote both the words and the music, and Dave Jerden produced and mixed it, with Bryan Carlstrom engineering.
In Australia and Japan it was pulled as the album's third single, and it crept onto the Australian ARIA chart at number 90 that August. Kevin Kerslake directed the video, which stages a high-speed wheelchair race across the desert and cuts it with shots of Holland dangling head-down from a tree beside a capuchin monkey, about as sensible an answer to the title as any.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Hard Rock & Metal
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 89 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1997 | 107 |
| 1997 | 77 | 107.7 The End Seattle, WA | The End Top 107 Songs of 1997 | 107 |
| 1997 | 69 | 105.7 The Point St. Louis, MO | 105.7 The Point Top 105.7 of 1997 | 106 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 308 | 107.7 The End | The End Top 1077 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 1077 |
| 2002 | 911 | KISW | KISW Top 999 of All Time (2002) | 999 |
Also listed as: The Meaning Of Life; Meaning of Life.
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