The Kids Aren't Alright
| "The Kids Aren't Alright" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by the Offspring | ||||
| from the album Americana | ||||
| Released | August 9, 1999 (EU) August 23, 1999 (UK) | |||
| Recorded | 1998 | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 3:00 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Dexter Holland | |||
| Producer(s) | Dave Jerden | |||
| The Offspring singles chronology | ||||
| ||||
| Music video | ||||
| "The Kids Aren't Alright" on YouTube | ||||
| Alternative cover | ||||
"The Kids Aren't Alright" is a song by the Offspring. It is the fifth track from the band's fifth studio album, Americana (1998), and was released as its third single. It became another top 10 hit on the US Modern Rock Tracks chart.
The song was played over the end credits of Woodstock 99: Peace, Love, and Rage. The song was used in the opening scene of the film The Faculty and appears on the soundtrack album. It is also available as downloadable content for the Rock Band video game series.
Q reported that the song's title is an allusion to the Who song "The Kids Are Alright" (from My Generation). The magazine also argued that the track "borrows heavily" from "Electricity" by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, and pointed to NOFX's punk rock cover of "Electricity" as evidence.