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"Dammit"
Single by Blink-182
from the album Dude Ranch
ReleasedSeptember 23, 1997
RecordedDecember 1996–January 1997
StudioBig Fish Studios (Encinitas, California)
Genre
Length2:45
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Mark Trombino
Blink-182 singles chronology
"Apple Shampoo"
(1997) 		"Dammit"
(1997) 		"Dick Lips"
(1998)
Music video
"Dammit" on
YouTube

"Dammit" (sometimes subtitled "Growing Up") is a song by American rock band Blink-182, released on September 23, 1997, as the second single from the group's second studio album, Dude Ranch (1997). Written by bassist Mark Hoppus, the song concerns maturity and growing older. It was written about a fictional breakup and the difficulty of seeing a former partner with another.

The song became the band's first

Hot Modern Rock Tracks chart, and receiving heavy airplay on several key US stations. The song's music video was shot by directors Darren Doane and Ken Daurio, previous collaborators with the group, and depicts the trio attending a "sneak preview" at a cinema where Hoppus attempts to win his ex-girlfriend back. "Dammit" was later featured on the band's Greatest Hits
, and it has been covered by a number of artists.

Background

The song was composed by bassist Mark Hoppus

Blink-182 bassist Mark Hoppus wrote the song in a short span of time concerning a fictional breakup with a girlfriend.[1][2] Hoppus described a scenario, detailed in the lyrics, where former lovers meet in public and one is with someone new, "It really hurts when you aren't the person feeling the love, but you have to act like it's cool to save face."[1] He felt the song's creation, which was spontaneous, worked to its favor: "If you work on a song for weeks and weeks, you're forcing it."[1] The signature guitar line for "Dammit" was created on an acoustic guitar that was missing two strings.[3] Guitarist Tom DeLonge considered the song a breakthrough in the band's songwriting.[4]

The song was recorded between December 1996 and January 1997 at Big Fish Studios in Encinitas, California.[5] The song was written just outside Hoppus' vocal range, requiring him to strain to sing it (the song has a noticeably rougher and scratchier vocal track than the rest of the album).[3] Already suffering from vocal problems due to lack of vocal warm-ups and constant smoking, Hoppus ended up straining his vocal cords significantly, forcing the band to cancel the final week of recording the album in December 1996.[3][6] "I actually like my voice a lot on 'Dammit'. It sounds really raw and cool," said Hoppus in 2001. "But it's not a technique I would recommend for getting a good vocal sound. You know, smoking, yelling, all that."[7] As a result of this incident, the chorus has always been sung by Tom DeLonge in live performances. From 2015 to 2022, guitarist/vocalist Matt Skiba would take the lead on the chorus.

"Dammit" is set in the

beats per minute. It is composed in the key of C major with Hoppus's vocals spanning the tonal nodes of C4 to G4.[8] The song follows a common chord progression sequence of I–V–vi–IV.[9]

Commercial performance

On the Warped Tour in Australia […] Blink-182 walked out on stage and started playing to 10,000 people and this was when I realized they had made it. When Tom started the first notes to "Dammit," all 10,000 kids screamed and threw their hands in the air. I was sitting behind Tom's amps. I got goosebumps, and Tom turned to look at me and mouthed 'What the fuck?'

Liza Bermingham, the band's assistant manager at the time[10]

"Dammit" received heavy radio

Rolling Stone.[11][13]

The song peaked at number 11 on Billboard's

WBCN, Detroit's CIMX and Sacramento's KWOD for the year.[17] KEDJ of Phoenix played "Dammit" over 1,400 times over the course of the year.[19] The song was called a modern rock "radio staple" by the Los Angeles Times.[18] The song's success was largely responsible for pushing Dude Ranch to receive a gold certification from the Recording Industry Association of America for selling 500,000 copies.[2] The song spent six weeks on RPM's Alternative 30 in Canada between April and May 1998,[20] peaking at number 15.[21] In addition, to its success in North America, the song peaked at number 34 on the ARIA Top 100 Singles Chart in Australia, where it spent sixteen weeks on the chart between December 1997 and April 1998.[22]

The song's success stunned the group. Guitarist Tom DeLonge, who noted that many of the band's songs were based on real events, found it unusual that a song that was not directly autobiographical wound up connecting best with the wide audience.[23] Later, he recalled, "[When 'Dammit' took off], we were freaking. We couldn't believe what was happening to us."[2] Meanwhile, Hoppus, as a result of the single's success, began introducing himself to people as "that guy that wrote, 'duh nuh nuh nuh nuh duh nuh nuh nuh nuh, he fucked her.'"[7]

Reception

Scott Heisel of

pop punk song".[1] Stereogum and Kerrang both named "Dammit" as Blink-182's best song.[27][28]

In popular culture

The song was featured in the 1998 teen film Can't Hardly Wait, during a scene in which the police break up a house party.[26] The song was also featured in the television series Dawson's Creek in episode 8 of Season 1.[29]

The song was also included in the music video game Guitar Hero World Tour, along with an in-game representation of Travis Barker, who becomes available to play upon completing the song in the drum career.[30]

"Dammit" has been covered by a number of artists, including

FIDLAR,[34] Good Charlotte,[35] Of Mice & Men and Pierce the Veil,[36] Best Coast[37] and Skatune Network.[38] Rapper Lil Peep
often included a karaoke crowd-singalong cover of Dammit during live shows in 2017.

Music video

The

improvise during the shoot. Hoppus and guitarist Tom DeLonge were so taken with the way DeVoe portrayed his character they requested Doane work his character into more screen time.[40] Near the end of the bridge, during intercut performance footage of the group, DeLonge mouths to Hoppus a visible "I love you."[41] A poster for the film Farinelli (1994) is visible behind the concession counter.[42]

In 2011, Hoppus auctioned off band memorabilia to help donate to victims of the Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, one of which was his orange sweater he wore in the "Dammit" video.[43]

Track listings

US CD (1997)

  1. "Dammit" (Tom Lord-Alge remix; radio edit) – 2:46
  2. "Dammit" (Tom Lord-Alge remix) – 2:46

Australian CD (1997)

  1. "Dammit" (Tom Lord-Alge remix; radio edit) – 2:46
  2. "Dammit" (Tom Lord-Alge remix) – 2:46
  3. "Zulu" – 2:07

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Dude Ranch.[5]

Locations

  • Recorded at Big Fish Studios, Encinitas, California.
  • Mixed at Track Record Studios,
    North Hollywood, California
    .

Blink-182

Production

Charts

Certifications

Certifications and sales for "Dammit"
Region Certification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[45] Silver 200,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

Footnotes

  1. ^ a b c d Bell, Carrie (February 21, 1998). "The Modern Age". Billboard. Retrieved January 5, 2013.
  2. ^ a b c Brian Wallace (June 21, 1999). "Blink-182 Clean Up Their Act on New LP". MTV News. Retrieved March 12, 2015.
  3. ^ a b c d Hoppus 2001, p. 70.
  4. Alternative Press
    . Vol. 230, no. 2. pp. 100–01.
  5. ^ a b Dude Ranch (liner notes). Blink-182. United States: MCA Records/Cargo Records. 1997. CRGD-11624.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  6. ^ Shooman 2010, p. 43.
  7. ^ a b c Hoppus 2001, p. 74.
  8. ^ "Blink-182 – 'Dammit' – Sheet Music". Musicnotes.com. Universal Music Publishing Group. February 16, 2009. Retrieved January 16, 2015.
  9. ISBN 978-0739052693
  10. ^ Hoppus 2001, p. 78.
  11. ^
    ISSN 0006-2510
    . Retrieved December 16, 2012.
  12. ^ "TUNESDAY track – Blink 182, 'Dammit'". STACK | JB Hi-Fi. July 4, 2017. Retrieved January 16, 2021.
  13. ISSN 0035-791X
    .
  14. ^ a b "Blink-182 Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved January 18, 2014.
  15. ^ a b "Blink-182 Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved January 18, 2014.
  16. ^ a b "Blink-182 Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved January 18, 2014.
  17. ^ a b c Shooman 2010, p. 60.
  18. ^ a b Hochman, Steve (May 30, 1999). "Psst... Blink-182 Is Growing Up". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved February 1, 2013.
  19. ^ Shooman 2010, p. 61.
  20. OCLC 352936026. Archived from the original
    on April 2, 2015. Retrieved March 12, 2015.
  21. ^ a b "Top RPM Rock/Alternative Tracks: Issue 3543." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved October 17, 2020.
  22. ^ a b "Blink 182 – Dammit (Growing Up)". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved March 12, 2015.
  23. ^ a b Chris Nelson (January 2, 1998). "New & Cool: Blink 182's Sad Story". MTV News. Archived from the original on March 12, 2015. Retrieved March 12, 2015.
  24. Alternative Press
    . Retrieved February 14, 2015.
  25. Consequence of Sound. Archived from the original
    on June 26, 2016. Retrieved February 14, 2015.
  26. ^
    Complex
    . Retrieved February 14, 2015.
  27. ^ Trewn, Pranav (September 26, 2016). "The 10 Best Blink-182 Songs". Stereogum. Retrieved April 7, 2022.
  28. ^ Law, Sam (January 12, 2022). "The 20 greatest blink-182 songs – ranked". Kerrang. Retrieved April 7, 2022.
  29. ^ "Dawson's Creek" Boyfriend (TV Episode 1998) – IMDb, retrieved May 9, 2022
  30. ^ Stephen Totilo (September 22, 2008). "'Guitar Hero' Musician Travis Barker Criticially Injured In Tragic Plane Crash". MTV News. Retrieved March 16, 2015.
  31. ^ "Foo Fighters play their 'last show for a long time' as they close Reading Festival 2012 Foo Fighters". NME. August 26, 2012. Retrieved March 12, 2015.
  32. CraveOnline. Archived from the original
    on July 13, 2015. Retrieved March 12, 2015.
  33. ^ Ali Koehler (March 13, 2015). "Lisa Prank plays a classic". The Media. Retrieved March 16, 2015.
  34. ^ David Renshaw (January 17, 2015). "Fidlar cover Sheryl Crow's 'If It Makes You Happy'". NME. Retrieved March 12, 2015.
  35. Alternative Press
    . Retrieved March 12, 2015.
  36. Alternative Press
    . Retrieved March 12, 2015.
  37. Pitchfork Media
    . Retrieved March 12, 2015.
  38. ^ "Dammit – Blink 182 (SKA COVER)". Archived from the original on December 21, 2021. Retrieved December 7, 2020 – via YouTube.
  39. ^ a b Shooman 2010, p. 45.
  40. ^ Hoppus 2001, p. 75.
  41. ^ Hoppus 2001, p. 82.
  42. ^ "Blink-182: Welcome to the Dude Ranch". MTV News. August 27, 1997. Archived from the original on March 12, 2015. Retrieved March 12, 2015.
  43. ^ Gil Kaufman (March 14, 2011). "Blink-182 Auction Off Rare Collectibles For Japan". MTV News. Retrieved March 12, 2015.
  44. ^ "The Year in Music 1998: Hot Modern Rock Tracks". Billboard. Vol. 110, no. 52. December 26, 1998. p. YE-84. Retrieved January 21, 2024.

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