Kristy, Are You Doing Okay?

"Kristy, Are You Doing Okay?" is a song by American punk rock band The Offspring. The song features as the seventh track (fifth track on the LP) on the band's eighth studio album, Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace (2008), and was released as its third single. The song impacted radio on November 25, 2008.^[1]

"Kristy, Are You Doing Okay?"
Single by The Offspring
from the album Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace
Released	November 25, 2008 (rock radio) February 10, 2009 (mainstream radio)
Recorded	November 2006–April 2008 in Maui, Hawaii and Orange County, California
Genre	Alternative rock
Length	3:42
Label	Columbia
Songwriter(s)	Dexter Holland
Producer(s)	Bob Rock
The Offspring singles chronology
"You're Gonna Go Far, Kid" (2008) "Kristy, Are You Doing Okay?" (2008) "Half-Truism" (2009)

Content

The song was written about a girl that singer Dexter Holland knew as a child.^[2][3] She was sexually abused,^[3][4][5][6] and everybody in the neighborhood, including Dexter himself, knew about it but nobody took action. Holland wrote the song as an apology to the girl.

Music video

A music video was made with director Lex Halaby.^[7] It premiered on February 2, 2009 on AOLmusic.com.

The video depicts a teenage girl (Natalie Dreyfuss) who writes continuously in her diary about being abused. A boy in the class (a younger Dexter, played by Trevor Morgan) notices her, and suspects that something is wrong. However, he does nothing, and she is left alone. At the end of the video, after exchanging glances, Kristy leaves her diary on the school grandstand for Dexter. The pages of the diary appear in the interspersed scenes of Dexter playing an acoustic guitar.

Personnel

The Offspring

• Dexter Holland – lead and backing vocals, rhythm guitar
• Noodles – lead guitar, backing vocals
• Greg K. – bass, backing vocals

Additional musicians

• Josh Freese – drums

Charts

Chart (2008)	Peak position
Canada Rock (Billboard)[8]	24
Mexico Airplay (Billboard)[9]	48
US Adult Pop Airplay (Billboard)[10]	21
US Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles (Billboard)[11]	6
US Pop Airplay (Billboard)[12]	31
US Mainstream Rock (Billboard)[13]	38
US Alternative Airplay (Billboard)[14]	7

References

1. "AllAccess.com Alternative eWeekly". AllAccess. November 18, 2008. Retrieved July 2, 2016.
2. Aidan Williamson (June 17, 2008). "The Offspring: Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace". Strangeglue. Archived from the original on January 13, 2009. Retrieved July 27, 2013.
3. John Benson (June 19, 2009). "Offspring comes to Cleveland". The Vindicator. Archived from the original on October 15, 2011. Retrieved July 27, 2013.
4. "The Offspring Release New Video". Ultimate Guitar Archive. February 4, 2009. Archived from the original on September 29, 2011. Retrieved July 27, 2013.
5. Cameron Adams (June 19, 2008). "The Offspring try something different on their new album". Herald Sun. Retrieved July 27, 2013.
6. Dan Reilly (February 2, 2009). "The Offspring, 'Kristy, Are You Doing Okay?' – Video Premiere". Spinner. Archived from the original on April 21, 2013. Retrieved July 27, 2013.
7. "The Offspring - Kristy, Are You Doing Okay?". MTV. February 5, 2009. Archived from the original on February 23, 2009. Retrieved July 27, 2013.
8. "The Offspring Chart History (Canada Rock)". Billboard.
9. "Mexico Airplay". Billboard. March 7, 2009. Retrieved October 22, 2024.
10. "The Offspring Chart History (Adult Pop Songs)". Billboard.
11. "The Offspring Chart History (Bubbling Under Hot 100)". Billboard.
12. "The Offspring Chart History (Pop Songs)". Billboard.
13. "The Offspring Chart History (Mainstream Rock)". Billboard.
14. "The Offspring Chart History (Alternative Airplay)". Billboard.

External links

• "Kristy, Are You Doing Okay?" Official music video on YouTube