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"Dammit (Growing Up)"
Single by Blink-182 from the album Dude Ranch
Released	September 23, 1997
Format	CD
Recorded	??
Genre	Pop Punk
Length	2:45
Label	MCA
Writer	Tom DeLonge, Mark Hoppus, Scott Raynor
Producer	??
Blink-182 singles chronology
"Lemmings" (1996) "Dammit (Growing Up)" (1997) "Apple Shampoo" (1997)

"Dammit" is the first single by Blink-182 from the 1997 album Dude Ranch. It was the song which gave them their first mainstream success, peaking at #11 on the Billboard Modern Rock Track Chart. It is sung by Mark but when performed live, Tom would usually take over in the chorus.

An alternative version of the song can be found on the Can't Hardly Wait soundtrack, Hit Machine 20 and the Greatest Hits album, which features a drumroll right after the opening chords.

1. "Dammit (Radio Edit)"
2. "Dammit"
3. "Zulu"

The music video (directed by Darren Doane and Ken Daurio) shows the band members going to see a movie, where the co-singer, Mark Hoppus, sees his ex-girlfriend with another guy. The video ends with Hoppus and the boyfriend fighting and the girlfriend walking away with a theater employee, played by Rick DeVoe (Blink-182's manager).

• During some live versions Tom DeLonge was known to yell "Take your pants off" at the very beginning.

• Mark Hoppus would improvise certain sections of the song with random lyrics from other songs.

• During concerts in 1997 to early 1999, the band was known for creatively poking fun at audience members who attended their shows only because of the mainstream success of this song. A typical introduction to shows in 1998:

• It was very common while at live shows during the bridge for Mark to sing a popular hit of another group. "No Scrubs" by TLC, "Ice Ice, Baby" by Vanilla Ice, "Forgot About Dre" By Dr. Dre Feat. Eminem, and "I Wish" by Skee-Lo were very popular bridge fillers.

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• This song has been covered by Trivium, Avril Lavigne, TERRY's KID, Hellogoodbye. The band Say Anything has performed an acoustic version. The bands Cute Is What We Aim For and All Time Low have played this song live together during concerts; and most recently on the 2007 Warped Tour. +44, Mark Hoppus's new band, covered the song on June 4th, 2007 and throughout the rest of the 2007 Honda Civic Tour.
• "Dammit" can also be heard in the movies Bubble Boy and Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star, as well as Can't Hardly Wait.
• Ska punk band Leftöver Crack parody this song during many of their live shows.
• The line in the song "A day late, A buck short" is similar to the title of The Queers album released the previous year (1996) called "A day late and a dollar short". Blink-182's guitarist Tom DeLonge cites The Queers as one of his influences in the Urethra Chronicles DVD.

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• Blink-182's bassist, Mark Hoppus actually wrote the riff while playing around on an acoustic guitar missing two strings.^{[citation needed]}

• Watch "Dammit" on Youtube
• Official Site
• Dammit Lyrics