She's Got Issues

"She's Got Issues" is a song by The Offspring. It is the seventh track on their fifth studio album Americana (1998) and was released as the fourth and final single on October 19, 1999. The song also appears as the third track on the EP A Piece of Americana (1998).

"She's Got Issues"
Single by The Offspring
from the album Americana
Released	October 19, 1999
Recorded	1998
Genre	Pop-punk[1]
Length	3:48
Label	Columbia[2]
Songwriter(s)	Dexter Holland
Producer(s)	Dave Jerden[3]
The Offspring singles chronology
"The Kids Aren't Alright" (1999) "She's Got Issues" (1999) "Original Prankster" (2000)

The lyrics to the song have a narrator calling out on his angsty, victim-playing girlfriend.^[4][5] 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".^[6] The title is inspired by the "typical psychobabble" present in talk shows.^[7]

Music video

The video, directed by Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris and animated by Wayne White,^[8] 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.^[9] On the Making the Video episode for "She's Got Issues", Dexter Holland described it as an "anti-video" for its highly conceptual nature.^[10]

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 listing

DVD appearances

The music video also appears on their video collection Complete Music Video Collection, which was released in 2005.

Version 1

No.	Title	Length
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

Version 2/UK CD1

No.	Title	Length
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

Version 3/UK CD2

No.	Title	Length
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

Personnel

The Offspring

• Dexter Holland – vocals, guitar
• Noodles – guitar
• Greg K. – bass
• Ron Welty – drums

Charts

Chart (1999)	Peak position
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[11]	89
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[12]	59
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[13]	60
UK Singles (OCC)[14]	41
UK Rock & Metal (OCC)[15]	1
US Mainstream Rock (Billboard)[16]	19
US Alternative Airplay (Billboard)[17]	11