Come Out and Play (The Offspring song)

"Come Out and Play"
Single by the Offspring
from the album Smash
B-side
  • "Session"
  • "Come Out and Play" (acoustic)
ReleasedAugust 29, 1994 (1994-08-29)
GenrePunk rock
Length3:17
LabelEpitaph
Songwriter(s)Dexter Holland
Producer(s)Thom Wilson
The Offspring singles chronology
"I'll Be Waiting"
(1986)
"Come Out and Play"
(1994)
"Self Esteem"
(1994)
Music video
"Come Out and Play" on YouTube

"Come Out and Play" (sometimes subtitled "Keep 'Em Separated") is a song by the American punk rock band the Offspring. It is the seventh track on their third album, Smash (1994), and was released in August 1994 by Epitaph Records as its first single. Written by frontman Dexter Holland, it is considered the Offspring's breakthrough song, as it received widespread radio play, with first attention brought by Jed the Fish of KROQ-FM. The song reached number one on the US Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart, bringing both the band and the punk rock genre to widespread attention. Its accompanying music video was directed by Darren Lavett.

The song also appears as the second track on their Greatest Hits album (2005).