"Come Out and Play" was an ironic title, contrasting the supposed innocence of childhood with lyrics about what the group described as "the latest fashion" of urban gang violence between kids not yet old enough to vote (or be tried as adults). Lyrically, though, the Offspring were more serious than Green Day (at least comparing those big 1994 singles). The song was simple and catchy, with several short, distinct sections often separated by pauses and abrupt restarts: the three-chord main riff, the aforementioned guitar lick, the chugging verses, the more melodic pre-chorus, and the fist-pumping chorus. The song hit the airwaves (without ever being officially released as a single) shortly after Green Day had brought California punk-pop into the mainstream with their breakthrough album Dookie, and together the two bands dominated radio and MTV during the summer of 1994 (Green Day with the similarly inescapable single "Basket Case," which followed "Come Out and Play" to the top of the modern rock charts). Built around a catchy, Middle Eastern-tinged guitar lick and an anthemic, shout-along chorus, "Come Out and Play (Keep 'Em Separated)" brought the Offspring multi-platinum success, sending their second album Smash to sales of over five million copies.
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