Why Don’t You Get a Job? (album version w/ spoken outro)
~ Recording by The Offspring
Appears on releases
| # | Title | Length | Track artist | Release title | Release artist | Release group type | Country/Date | Label | Catalog# |
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| 1.11 | Why Don’t You Get a Job? | 2:52 | The Offspring | Americana | The Offspring | Album |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | 491656 2 |
| 1.11 | Why Don’t You Get a Job? | 2:52 | The Offspring | Americana | The Offspring | Album | Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | 01-491656-10, COL 491656 2 | |
| 1.11 | Why Don’t You Get a Job? | 2:52 | The Offspring | Americana | The Offspring | Album |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | CK 69661 |
| 1.11 | Why Don’t You Get a Job? | 2:52 | The Offspring | Americana | The Offspring | Album |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | CK 69661 |
| 1.11 | Why Don’t You Get a Job? | 2:52 | The Offspring | Americana | The Offspring | Album |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | CK 69661, CPTP 096727 |
| 1.11 | Why Don’t You Get a Job? | 2:51 | The Offspring | Americana | The Offspring | Album |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | 491656 1 |
| 1.11 | Why Don’t You Get a Job? | 2:52 | The Offspring | Americana | The Offspring | Album |
| Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony) | ESCA 7393 |
| 1.11 | Why Don’t You Get a Job? | 2:51 | The Offspring | Americana | The Offspring | Album |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | CK69661 |
| 1.11 | Why Don’t You Get a Job? | 2:52 | The Offspring | Americana | The Offspring | Album |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | CK 69661 |
| 1.11 | Why Don't You Get a Job? | 2:52 | The Offspring | Americana | The Offspring | Album |
| Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | CDCOL 5679 K |
| 1.11 | Why Don’t You Get a Job? | 2:52 | The Offspring | Americana | The Offspring | Album |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Columbia House (direct‐mailing distributor of club editions of releases) | CK 69661, CPTP 096727 |
| 1.1 | Why Don’t You Get a Job? | 2:54 | The Offspring | Why Don’t You Get a Job? | The Offspring | Single |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | 667354 2 |
| 1.1 | Why Don’t You Get a Job? | 2:54 | The Offspring | Why Don’t You Get a Job? | The Offspring | Single |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | 667354 5 |
| 1.1 | Why Don’t You Get a Job? | 2:54 | The Offspring | Why Don’t You Get a Job? | The Offspring | Single |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | COL 666962 2 |
| 1.1 | Why Don’t You Get a Job? (album version) | 2:50 | The Offspring | Why Don’t You Get a Job? | The Offspring | Single |
| Epic Records (J-Pop label, established 1978; use ONLY for releases by Japanese domestic artists after 2001!) | ESCA 8020 |
| 1.1 | Why Don't You Get a Job? (album version) | 2:54 | The Offspring | Why Don’t You Get a Job? | The Offspring | Single |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | COL 666962 1 |
| 1.11 | Why Don't You Get a Job? | 2:50 | The Offspring | Americana 2000 | The Offspring | Album |
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| 1.1 | Why Don’t You Get a Job? | 2:54 | The Offspring | Why Don’t You Get a Job? | The Offspring | Single |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | CDSIN 339 I |
| 1.16 | Why Don’t You Get a Job? | 2:53 | The Offspring | Conspiracy of One (Limited Edition) | The Offspring | Album |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | |
| 1.8 | Why Don’t You Get a Job? | 2:49 | The Offspring | Greatest Hits | The Offspring | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | 518746 8 |
| 1.11 | Why Don't You Get a Job | 2:49 | The Offspring | Americana | The Offspring | Album |
| Org Music | ORGM-2033 |
| 1.11 | Why Don’t You Get a Job? | 2:52 | The Offspring | Americana | The Offspring | Album |
| Caroline International | 5721798 |
| 1.11 | Why Don’t You Get a Job? | 2:52 | The Offspring | Americana | The Offspring | Album |
| Round Hill Music | |
| 1.11 | Why Don’t You Get a Job? | 2:52 | The Offspring | Americana | The Offspring | Album |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | |
| 1.37 | Why Don’t You Get a Job | 2:52 | The Offspring | The Longest Snowboarding Album, Ever. | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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| 1.20 | Why Don’t You Get a Job | 2:52 | The Offspring | Sex, Drugs, Rock ’n’ Roll | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| FP (UMG Recordings, Inc. digital compilations) | |
| 1.11 | Why Don’t You Get a Job? | 2:51 | The Offspring | Americana | The Offspring | Album |
| Round Hill Records (REC logo), UMe (imprint of Universal Music Enterprises) | 00602577951398 |
| 1.21 | Why Don’t You Get a Job | 2:52 | The Offspring | Retro Hits | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| FP (UMG Recordings, Inc. digital compilations) | |
| 1.37 | Why Don't You Get a Job | 2:52 | The Offspring | All About 90s Rock Anthems | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| UMG Recordings, Inc. (operational headquarters of Universal Music Group, based in Santa Monica, USA; read annotations) | |
| 1.9 | Why Don’t You Get a Job | 2:52 | The Offspring | Rock Hits 90s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| FP (UMG Recordings, Inc. digital compilations) | |
| Promotion | |||||||||
| 1.4 | Why Don’t You Get a Job? | 2:52 | The Offspring | A Piece of Americana | The Offspring | EP |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | CSK 41614 |
| 1.4 | Why Don't You Get a Job? | 2:53 | The Offspring | Promo Only: Modern Rock Radio, February 1999 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Promo Only | |
| 1.1 | Why Don’t You Get a Job? | 2:52 | The Offspring | Why Don’t You Get a Job? | The Offspring | Single |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | CSK 41780 |
| Bootleg | |||||||||
| 1.9 | Why Don’t You Get a Job? | 2:51 | The Offspring | Best of The Offspring | The Offspring | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | 73214 220199 |
| 1.16 | Why Don't You Get a Job? | 2:53 | The Offspring | Conspiracy of One | The Offspring | Album |
| Columbia (fake Columbia label, for bootlegs only) | 498481 2 |
| 3.9 | Why Don’t You Get a Job? | 2:52 | The Offspring | AOX: The Regeneration Mixtapes Box Set | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| [no label] (Special purpose label – white labels, self-published releases and other “no label” releases) | [none] |
| Pseudo-Release | |||||||||
| 1.11 | Why Don’t You Get a Job? | 2:52 | The Offspring | Americana (hidden track split, silence trimmed) | The Offspring | Album | |||
Relationships
| miscellaneous support: | Janie Rangel (task: studios assistants) Elan Trujillo (task: studios assistants) |
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| assistant engineer: | Annette Cisneros |
| engineer: | Bryan Carlstrom |
| producer and mixer: | Dave Jerden |
| flute: | Derrick Davis |
| horn: | Phil Jordan (trumpet player) Gabrial McNair |
| recorded at and mixed at: | Eldorado Recording Studios in Burbank, United States |
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| karaoke versions: | Why Don’t You Get a Job? (karaoke) |
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| has remixes: | Why Don’t You Get a Job? (Baka Boyz remix) |
| mash-ups: | Walk in the Job (The Offspring vs. Nick Straker Band vs. Aerosmith ft. Run DMC) by Shahar Varshal (mashup artist) |
| edits: | Why Don’t You Get a Job? (w/o spoken outro) |
| stream for free: | https://open.spotify.com/track/0sNKiz82ATCvT3f3XVVUUj [info] https://www.deezer.com/track/137234014 [info] |
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| recording of: | Why Don’t You Get a Job? |
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Related works
Why Don’t You Get a Job?
| lyricist and composer: | Dexter Holland |
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| publisher: | Round Hill Works Underachiever Music Wixen Music Publishing, Inc. |
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