She's Got Issues

"She's Got Issues"
Single by the Offspring
from the album Americana
ReleasedNovember 22, 1999 (1999-11-22)
GenrePop-punk[1]
Length3:48
LabelColumbia
SongwriterDexter Holland
ProducerDave Jerden[2]
The Offspring singles chronology
"The Kids Aren't Alright"
(1999) 		"She's Got Issues"
(1999) 		"Original Prankster"
(2000)

"She's Got Issues" is a song by American rock band the Offspring. It is the seventh track on their fifth studio album, Americana (1998), and was released as the fourth and final single in November 1999. The song also appears as the third track on the EP A Piece of Americana (1998).

Composition

The lyrics to the song have a narrator calling out on his angsty, victim-playing girlfriend.[3][4] As singer Dexter Holland described, "Today everyone has issues and no one takes responsibility because their mother or their father drank too much or whatever".[5] The title is inspired by the "typical psychobabble" present in talk shows.[6]

Music video

The video, directed by Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris and animated by Wayne White,[7] shows a usual workday of a young adult woman (played by a pre-fame Zooey Deschanel), and the things in her everyday life that she finds disturbing or annoying, are enhanced by grotesque cartoons, which represent her imagination.[8] On the Making the Video episode for "She's Got Issues", Dexter Holland described it as an "anti-video" for its highly conceptual nature.[9]

The woman is first shown sleeping in her bed. She wakes up and fries two eggs for breakfast. After watching TV while eating, she changes into her clothes and goes downstairs. She then takes the subway to work at a photo printing shop. She gets caught by her boss stealing a photo and is fired after an argument. She consults her psychiatrist about her issues. She then runs back to her apartment and is welcomed by the band playing there.

Dexter Holland states on the DVD commentary for The Complete Music Video Collection that while he enjoyed working with the directors, he ultimately didn't feel that the video turned out how he thought it would.

Track listings

European maxi-CD single

No.TitleLength
1."She's Got Issues"3:49
2."The Kids Aren't Alright" (Full mix)4:56
3."All I Want" (live)2:29
4."Pretty Fly (for a White Guy)" (The Baka Boyz Low Rider remix)3:01

'UK CD1

No.TitleLength
1."She's Got Issues"3:49
2."The Kids Aren't Alright" (The Wiseguys mix)4:56
3."The Kids Aren't Alright" (The Wiseguys instrumental)4:56

UK CD2

No.TitleLength
1."She's Got Issues"3:49
2."All I Want" (Live)2:02
3."The Kids Aren't Alright" (CD extra video)4:56

Charts

Release history

Region Date Format(s) Label(s) Ref.
United States September 28, 1999
Columbia [20]
United Kingdom November 22, 1999
  • CD
  • cassette
 [21]

References

  1. ^ Chacon, Carlos (March 8, 2024). "POP-PUNK AND ITS SOCIAL CONTEXT". Medium. Retrieved April 10, 2025.
  2. ^ "The Offspring – She's Got Issues". AllMusic. Retrieved July 17, 2013.
  3. ^ "White Punks on Dope". Spin. March 1999.
  4. ^ "An All-'Americana' Punk Band / The Offspring keep social criticism at the fore of new CD". San Francisco Chronicle.
  5. ^ "Offspring Explores Themes of 'Americana' In Columbia Set". Billboard. October 10, 1998.
  6. ^ "Offspring Rock Back To Basics". MTV. Archived from the original on December 24, 2014. Retrieved March 8, 2018.
  7. ^ "Categorize Artist Wayne White? Don't Even Try". PBS. Retrieved January 19, 2015.
  8. ^ "Yep, Zooey Deschanel Starred in The Offspring's Video for 'She's Got Issues'". vice.com. June 9, 2016. Retrieved March 8, 2018.
  9. ^ "Offspring Shoots 'She's Got Issues,' Shares Video Insight". MTV. Retrieved March 8, 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  10. ^ "The Offspring – She's Got Issues" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.
  11. ^ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart on 28/11/1999 – Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved February 17, 2026.
  12. ^ "The Offspring – She's Got Issues". Singles Top 100.
  13. ^ "The Offspring – She's Got Issues". Swiss Singles Chart.
  14. ^ "Offspring Songs and Albums | Full Official Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved February 17, 2026.
  15. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Singles Chart on 28/11/1999 – Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved March 16, 2017.
  16. ^ "The Offspring Chart History (Alternative Airplay)". Billboard.
  17. ^ "The Offspring Chart History (Mainstream Rock)". Billboard.
  18. ^ "Most Played Mainstream Rock Songs of 2000". Airplay Monitor. Vol. 8, no. 51. December 22, 2000. p. 33.
  19. ^ "Most Played Modern Rock Songs of 2000". Airplay Monitor. Vol. 8, no. 51. December 22, 2000. p. 38.
  20. ^ "Going for Adds". Radio & Records. No. 1318. September 24, 1999. pp. 123, 128.
  21. ^ "New Releases: Singles". Music Week. November 20, 1999. p. 29.
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