"Can't Repeat" is a single by American punk rock band

the Offspring The Offspring is an American rock band from Garden Grove, California, formed in 1984. Originally formed under the name Manic Subsidal, the band's current lineup consists of lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist Bryan "Dexter" Holland, lead guita ...

. "Can't Repeat" was released to radio on May 10, 2005. It is the first track on their

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, ''

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'', and is its only original track. It was released on June 20, 2005, a day before the album was released.

Music video

The music video for the song simply featured the band playing in a derelict room, and it received little airtime on

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. An alternate version was made showing actors looking back on photographs and memories, reflecting the song's subject matter, though this was very rarely shown. It was the second and final video to feature

Atom Willard Adam David "Atom" Willard (born August 15, 1973) is an American drummer who has been a member of several notable musical acts. Willard's drumming career began in 1990 when he joined Rocket from the Crypt, with whom he remained until 2000. Subseq ...

playing the drums. The original music video starts with

Greg K. Gregory David Kriesel (born January 20, 1965) is an American musician known as the bass guitarist and backing vocalist for the rock band the Offspring from 1984 to 2018. Biography Greg K. was one of the founding members of the Offspring alongs ...

playing the opening melody with his special, "k-covered" bass, as hence to his nickname, then Willard comes in, and finally

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and

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. The melody stays about the same throughout the song.

DVD appearances

The music video also appears on the ''

Complete Music Video Collection ''Complete Music Video Collection'' is an extensive video album (released in DVD and UMD formats) by the American punk rock band The Offspring. It was released to accompany the ''Greatest Hits'' CD, which arrived a month earlier, and shows all ...

'' DVD. It was released in 2005.

Track listing

Personnel

The Offspring

Dexter Holland Bryan Keith "Dexter" Holland (born December 29, 1965) is an American musician who is the lead vocalist, rhythm guitarist, primary songwriter and last remaining original member of the American rock band the Offspring. He is also the creator of th ...

– lead and backing vocals, rhythm guitar *

– lead guitar, backing vocals *

– bass, backing vocals

Additional musicians

Josh Freese Joshua Ryan Freese (born December 25, 1972) is an American session drummer. He is the son of tuba soloist Stan Freese and the older brother of musician Jason Freese. He is a member of the Vandals (since 1989) and Devo (since 1996), having for ...

– drums

Charts

References

External links

* The Offspring songs 2005 singles Songs written by Dexter Holland 2005 songs Columbia Records singles {{punk-song-stub