"Self Esteem" | ||||
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Single by the Offspring | ||||
from the album Smash | ||||
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Released | December 22, 1994 | |||
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Length | 4:17 | |||
Label | Epitaph | |||
Songwriter(s) | Dexter Holland | |||
Producer(s) | Thom Wilson | |||
The Offspring singles chronology | ||||
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"Self Esteem" is a song by American punk rock band the Offspring. It is the eighth track and second single from their third studio album, Smash (1994). The song was released on 22 December 1994 by Epitaph and was a worldwide hit, reaching number one in Iceland, Norway, Latvia and Sweden. "Self Esteem" was nominated for the 1995 MTV Europe Music Awards for Best Song. The song also appears as the third track on their Greatest Hits (2005). Its music video was directed by Darren Lavett.
MTV hits Self Esteem and Come Out And Play remain punk-rock party starters...
'Self Esteem' was pop punk's 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' merging two genres – pop-punk and grunge – that would come to define 1990s alternative rock.