"Defy You" is a song by American

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band

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. It was recorded, along with its own

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, in 2001 after the release of their album ''

Conspiracy of One ''Conspiracy of One'' is the sixth studio album by American rock band the Offspring, released on November 14, 2000, by Columbia Records. By the time of its release, the band had come out in support of peer-to-peer file sharing, claiming it would ...

'' for the movie '' Orange County''. The song was also released as a single in December 2001. Despite early claims that the song would appear on the next Offspring album at the time (which would become ''

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''), it was never released on any of their albums, and only appears on their ''

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'' compilation. However, an acoustic version was released on the Japanese edition of ''Splinter''. The song was also the final single featuring

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on drums.

Music video

The music video for the song was recorded in November 2001, directed by David Meyers (who also directed the video for "

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"), and debuted on

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on December 8.'"Defy You" video to debut on MTV'
Offspring news item 12-07-01 It is mostly a performance video of the band playing in front of a

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where various events relevant to the song's title take place. At the start of the video a suspicious man steals items from the store. Suddenly the police start running towards the man and he panics, only for them to tackle another man, thus allowing the thief to escape. He then walks past two

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s – one big and one small. The small dog barks down the bigger one. During the instrumental bridge, singer

Dexter Holland Bryan Keith "Dexter" Holland (born December 29, 1965) is an American musician, best known as the co-founder, lead vocalist, rhythm guitarist, main songwriter and composer, and only constant member of the punk rock band the Offspring. He co-found ...

walks into the store and buys water before rejoining the band outside. After other events, the video ends with a group of nerds being teased by bullies. In keeping with the song's theme, they respond violently and are eventually left alone. The police turn up and tell both sides to settle down. The video soon after fades to black.

DVD appearances

The music video also appears on the '' Complete Music Video Collection'' DVD. It was released in 2005.

Track listing

Australia CD Maxi

Promo CD

Charts

References

External links

* {{authority control 2001 singles The Offspring songs Songs written by Dexter Holland Song recordings produced by Brendan O'Brien (record producer) Music videos directed by Dave Meyers (director) 2001 songs Columbia Records singles