page_title: What's My Age Again?
section_title: Production and composition
hierarchical_section_title: What's My Age Again? / Production and composition
caption_attribution_description: Mark Hoppus at the Verizon Wireless Music Center in Noblesville, Indiana.
context_page_description: "What's My Age Again?" is a song by American punk band Blink-182. It was released in April 1999 as the lead single from the group's third studio album, Enema of the State, and appears as the fifth track. The song, written primarily by bassist and vocalist Mark Hoppus, lyrically revolves around the onset of age and maturity, and the failure to implement changes in behavior. A mid-tempo pop punk song, it was written by Hoppus based on personal experience. It was originally titled "Peter Pan Complex", an allusion to the pop-psychology concept, but MCA Records forced the band to retitle the song, as the label found it too obscure of a reference. It was the first Blink-182 single to feature drummer Travis Barker.
  It became Blink-182’s second hit single, peaking at number two on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks chart for ten weeks. The song hit number three in Italy and number 17 in the United Kingdom. Primarily an airplay hit, the song was the band's first to cross over to pop radio, hitting number 58 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song's signature music video famously features the band running nude on the streets of Los Angeles.
context_section_description: "What's My Age Again?" was written by bassist and vocalist Mark Hoppus, though it was credited to both him and guitarist and vocalist Tom DeLonge. Hoppus began creating the song primarily as a joke to amuse friends. The song was more vulgar in earlier incarnations. The track originally was titled "Peter Pan Complex" and went through a large number of changes before it was finally completed. The label felt people wouldn't understand the reference and the band felt acrimonious after renaming it. According to Hoppus, a few lines near the end of the song were written the day the final cut of the song was completed. Band management and label executives saw a strong single in "What's My Age Again?" although DeLonge felt otherwise: "I didn't understand it, because up to that point, we hadn't had a big single."
  "What's My Age Again?" was written by Hoppus and DeLonge, sung by Hoppus and produced by Jerry Finn. The song is two minutes and twenty-eight seconds long. The song is composed in the key of F-sharp major and is set in time signature of common time with a driving tempo of 158 beats per minute. Hoppus' vocal range spans from C₃ to F₄. The song has lyrics which Hoppus describe as autobiographical "about being in my 20s and acting like a jackass teenager." The narrator describes various immature experiences, such as  turning on the television as he receives fellatio from his female companion, and later making a prank call to her mother. The opening bass line is similar to that from the Pixies' "Debaser".
caption: Bassist and vocalist Mark Hoppus composed the song based on personal experience.
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