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Teenage Dirtbag
Wheatus
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- Album
- Wheatus
- Released
- 1999
- Genres
- Length
- 4:02
- Tempo
- 95 BPM
- Label
- Columbia
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About this song
Teenage Dirtbag was released as the debut single by Wheatus in July 2000 and became the band's signature song. It has appeared in many movies and TV shows. Its video included clips from the film Loser, starring Jason Biggs and Mena Suvari. As of 2014, it had sold five million copies worldwide.
What it's about
The song tells of an unrequited high school crush, with a narrator who longs for a girl who seems not to notice him. In the end she asks him to go to the school prom with her.
Fun facts
- Samples “Get Up Offa That Thing (Release The Pressure) [Edit] by James Brown”.
- Sampled in 18 other songs, like “One II by Pluffaduff”.
- Covered 42 times, including “Teenage Dirtbag by Halocene”.
- Written by Brendan B. Brown.
- Produced by Brendan B. Brown and Philip A. Jimenez.