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The Rock Show
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| "The Rock Show" | ||
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| Single by Blink-182 | ||
| from the album Take off Your Pants and Jacket | ||
| Released | July 1, 2001 | |
| Format | CD | |
| Recorded | 2001 | |
| Genre | Pop-punk | |
| Length | 3.08 minutes | |
| Label | Universal International | |
| Producer(s) | Jerry Finn | |
| Blink-182 singles chronology | ||
| "Man Overboard" (2000) |
"The Rock Show" (2001) |
"First Date" (2001) |
"The Rock Show" is the first single from Blink-182's 2001 album Take off Your Pants and Jacket. It was released in July 2001. The song was a success, peaking at #2 on the Billboard Modern Rock chart and #71 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song was written by Mark Hoppus after the producer for TOYPAJ told them they needed some "feel-good" songs on their record. Mark went home that night and wrote "The Rock Show", and Tom wrote "First Date" that same night.
- "The Rock Show"
- "Time to Break Up"
- "Man Overboard (Tom Lord Alge remix)"
- "The Rock Show (enhanced video)"
The video, directed by The Malloys and released in 2001, involves the band taking a check from their production company for $500,000 and making the video themselves. Driving around town in their van, the video features the following:
- giving a homeless person a hair cut and new suit
- purchasing some doves and releasing them
- purchasing some cars and destroying them (specifically dropping a car from a crane)
- purchasing a TV and destroying it
- paying for a plane to carry a banner with the text "take off your pants and jacket"
- distributing money to people around the town (some street workers, placing under window wipers, throwing it off the roof of a record store)
- paying for people to shave their heads
- paying for a group of strippers to mow a lawn, and clean a car
| Blink-182 |
| Travis Barker | Tom DeLonge | Mark Hoppus |
| Scott Raynor |
| Discography |
| Studio albums: Cheshire Cat | Dude Ranch | Enema of the State | Take off Your Pants and Jacket | Blink-182 |
| Demo tapes: Flyswatter | Buddha |
| Live Albums and compilations: The Mark, Tom, and Travis Show (The Enema Strikes Back!) | Greatest Hits |
| Videos and DVDs: The Urethra Chronicles | The Urethra Chronicles II: Harder Faster Faster Harder | Riding In Vans With Boys | Greatest Hits |
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