Original Prankster

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"Original Prankster"
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Template:Infobox song/link by the Offspring
from the album Conspiracy of One
B-side"Come Out Swinging"
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LabelColumbia
[[Songwriter|SongwriterTemplate:Pluralize from text]]Dexter Holland
[[Record producer|ProducerTemplate:Pluralize from text]]Brendan O'Brien
The Offspring singles chronology
"She's Got Issues"
(1999) 		"Original Prankster"
(589) 		"Want You Bad"
(2000)
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"Original Prankster" is a song by American rock band the Offspring. It is featured as the third track from their sixth studio album, Conspiracy of One, and was released to radio as its first single on October 10, 2000. The song features additional vocals by Redman[1] and is included on the band's 2005 Greatest Hits album.

Prior to the release of Conspiracy of One, the Offspring distributed the track for free as a downloadable MP3 file on their official website.[2] A competition was held, featuring a prize of $1 million (USD), which was awarded to a randomly selected participant who downloaded the song.

"Original Prankster" reached the top 10 in several countries, including Australia, Sweden, and the United Kingdom, and went to the top 10 on the US and Canadian rock charts. The single went Platinum in Australia in 2001, becoming the third song by the Offspring to reach platinum status in that country after "Pretty Fly (for a White Guy)" and "Why Don't You Get a Job?."[3]

Music video

The song follows the prankster, the subject of the song, through his life, pulling various pranks on his superiors, being motivated by Redman as a spiritual guide.[1] As a child, he slips his dog's feces into his father's sandwich. In his teen years, he uses a bunsen burner on a perverted science teacher. When sent to the principal's office, he sets up the principal to be photographed in a compromising position with two students. Throughout the video, the band is shown to be playing around the Venice Fishing Pier in Venice, Los Angeles.

Finally, in the present, he switches off the whole city's power supply, though the band still manages to play in the dark and the crowd use flares to light the scene. At the end of the video, lightning strikes the prankster and disintegrates him.

Track listings

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Personnel

The Offspring

Additional musicians

Charts

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Certifications

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Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[23] Platinum 70,000 
United Kingdom (BPI)[24] Silver 200,000 

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

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Japan October 25, 2000 CD Epic [26]
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  • CD
  • cassette
 Columbia [27]
United States November 14, 2000 Contemporary hit radio [28][29]
New Zealand November 27, 2000 CD [30]

References

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