Teenage Dirtbag

"Teenage Dirtbag" is a song by American rock band Wheatus. It was released on June 20, 2000, as the lead single from their eponymous debut album (2000). The song was written by guitarist and vocalist Brendan B. Brown and was inspired by a childhood experience of his.

In the United States, "Teenage Dirtbag" peaked at number seven on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart. It was also successful worldwide, especially in Australia, where it spent four weeks at number one, ended 2000 as the country's second-best-selling single, and received a triple platinum sales certification. Elsewhere, the song reached number one in Austria and Flanders and peaked at number two in the United Kingdom, where it was certified quadruple platinum in 2024. It has sold five million copies worldwide as of 2014.