Greatest Hits
Greatest hits by The Offspring
Released	EUR, UK - June 20, 2005 NA - June 21, 2005
Recorded	1993–2005
Genre	Punk rock, pop punk
Length	49:42
Label	Columbia
Producer	Jerry Finn Thom Wilson Dave Jerden Brendan O'Brien
Professional reviews
Allmusic link Blender link PopMatters (7/10) link Sputnikmusic link
The Offspring chronology
Splinter (2003) Greatest Hits (2005) Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace (2008)
Singles from Greatest Hits
"Can't Repeat" Released: June 20, 2005 "Next to You" Released: 2005

Greatest Hits is a compilation album by American punk rock band The Offspring released on June 20, 2005 internationally and June 21, 2005 in North America. It includes hit singles from five of the band's studio albums as well as the previously unreleased songs "Can't Repeat" and "Next to You", the latter being a cover of The Police song and appearing as a hidden track at the end of the album. Greatest Hits peaked at #8 on The Billboard 200 with 70,000 copies sold in its first week of release^[1] and has been certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America.^[2]

"Can't Repeat" was released as a single to promote the album, and peaked at #9 on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks chart and #10 on its Mainstream Rock Tracks.^[3] "Next to You" was also released as a single to radio stations, peaking at #29 on Mainstream Rock Tracks.^[3] A DVD/UMD video entitled Complete Music Video Collection was released a month later to complement Greatest Hits. It included the music videos for all fourteen songs on Greatest Hits (excluding "Next to You", for which no video was filmed), as well as three additional songs which had been released as singles but were not included on Greatest Hits: "The Meaning of Life" and "I Choose" from Ixnay on the Hombre, and "She's Got Issues" from Americana. These songs, along with several others the band had released as singles during the course of their career, had not charted as highly as those selected for Greatest Hits.^[3]

Contents 1 Multiple drummers 2 Track listing 2.1 International bonus tracks 2.2 DualDisc edition 3 Sales, chart history, and certifications 4 Personnel 4.1 Performers 4.2 Studio personnel 5 See also 6 References 6.1 General references 6.2 Notes 7 External links

[edit] Multiple drummers

The album's two new tracks, "Can't Repeat" and "Next to You", were recorded during the period in which Atom Willard was the band's official drummer. However, he did not perform on either song. Original drummer Ron Welty had left the group in early 2003,^[4] and professional drummer Josh Freese had recorded the drum tracks for the band's 2003 album Splinter after his departure.^[5] Willard joined shortly after the album's release and appeared with them in the music video for the single "(Can't Get My) Head Around You". However, in 2005 he became a founding member of Angels & Airwaves, and his commitments to the new group began to draw him away from The Offspring. Greatest Hits credits Freese with having recorded the drum tracks for the two new songs,^[6] though Willard appeared with the band in the "Can't Repeat" music video. In July 2007 Willard officially announced that he was leaving The Offspring to focus on Angels & Airwaves.^[7] Freese again recorded drum tracks for The Offspring for their 2008 album Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace before it was announced that Willard's permanent replacement would be former Face to Face drummer Pete Parada.^[8][9]

[edit] Track listing

All music composed by The Offspring except where noted.

[edit] International bonus tracks

• On each edition, "Next to You" appears as a hidden track on track 15.

[edit] DualDisc edition

The DualDisc edition of the album has the standard 14 track album on the CD side. The DVD side has the same 14 tracks in 5.1 surround sound, commentary by singer Dexter Holland and guitarist Noodles, and the two performing an acoustic rendition of the song "Dirty Magic" from the band's second album Ignition.

[edit] Sales, chart history, and certifications

Chart (2005)	Peak position	Certification	Sales
U.S. Billboard 200	8	Gold	983,401+
Australian Albums Chart	2	Platinum	70,000+
Austrian Albums Chart	6	Gold	10,000+
Canadian Albums Chart	6	Platinum	100,000+
Japanese Albums Chart	1	2x Platinum	572,606+
Finland Albums Chart	1	Platinum	32,101+
Irish Charts	2	Platinum	15,000+
New Zealand Albums Chart	1	2x Platinum	30,000+
Swiss Albums Chart	5	Platinum	40,000+
UK Albums Chart	14		55,010+

Worldwide
4,500,000

[edit] Personnel

[edit] Performers

• Dexter Holland - lead vocals
• Kevin 'Noodles' Wasserman - guitar
• Greg Kriesel - bass guitar
• Ron Welty - drums on tracks 2–12, and on track 15 of the European and South American editions.
• Josh Freese - drums on tracks 1, 13, and 14, as well as on track 15 of the Australian and Japanese editions.
• Ronnie King - keyboards on "Hit That"
• Gabe McNair and Phil Jordan - horns on "Why Don't You Get a Job?"
• Derrick Davis - flute on "Why Don't You Get a Job?"
• Jason "Blackball" McLean - additional vocals on "Come Out and Play (Keep 'Em Separated)"
• Higgins, Heidi Villagran, and Nika Futterman Frost - additional vocals on "Pretty Fly (For a White Guy)"
• Jack Grisham, Davey Havok, and Jim Lindberg - backing vocals on "Pretty Fly (For a White Guy)"
• Redman - additional vocals on "Original Prankster"

[edit] Studio personnel

• Jerry Finn - producer and mixer of "Can't Repeat"
• Joe McGrath - engineer of "Can't Repeat", assisted by Seth Waldman
• Thom Wilson - producer and engineer of tracks 2–4, with additional engineering by Ken Paulakovich
• Dave Jerden - producer and mixer of tracks 5–9
• Bryan Carlstrom - engineer of tracks 5–9
• Brendan O'Brien - producer and mixer of tracks 10–14
• Nick DiDia - engineer of tracks 10 and 11, recording of tracks 12 and 13
• Billy Bowers - additional engineering on tracks 10–14
• Chris Higgins - additional recording on tracks 10 and 12
• Karl Egsieker - recording (with DiDia) of "Hit That", recording of "(Can't Get My) Head Around You"
• Eddy Schreyer - mastering of all tracks except 1 and 13
• Brian Gardner - mastering of tracks 1 and 13

[edit] See also

• The Offspring discography

[edit] References

[edit] General references

• (2005) Album notes for Greatest Hits by The Offspring [CD liner notes]. Columbia Records.

[edit] Notes

[edit] External links

• Album description at the band's official Web site

v • d • e The Offspring Dexter Holland • Noodles • Greg K. • Pete Parada Ron Welty • Atom Willard • James Lilja • Jim Benton • Doug Thompson Studio albums The Offspring • Ignition • Smash • Ixnay on the Hombre • Americana • Conspiracy of One • Splinter • Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace EPs Baghdad • They Were Born to Kill • Club Me • A Piece of Americana Compilations The Offspring Collection • Greatest Hits Videos and DVDs Americana • Huck It • Complete Music Video Collection Singles "I'll Be Waiting/Blackball" • "Come Out and Play" • "Self Esteem" • "Gotta Get Away" • "Smash It Up" • "All I Want" • "Gone Away" • "I Choose" • "Pretty Fly (for a White Guy)" • "Why Don't You Get a Job?" • "The Kids Aren't Alright" • "She's Got Issues" • "Original Prankster" • "Want You Bad" • "Million Miles Away" • "Defy You" • "Hit That" • "(Can't Get My) Head Around You" • "Spare Me the Details" • "Can't Repeat" • "Hammerhead" • "You're Gonna Go Far, Kid" • "Kristy, Are You Doing Okay?" • "Half-Truism" Related articles Discography • Awards • Epitaph Records • Nitro Records • Columbia Records • Punk rock in California Related bands Angels & Airwaves • Face to Face • Saves the Day • Steady Ground