Roller Coaster

Album: Take Off Your Pants And Jacket (2001)
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Songfacts®:

  • This song is about a shy guy who wants to ask out this one girl but is worried about what she will say. It gives an idea of what Mark Hoppus from blink-182 went through in high school with one of the popular girls: "Breathing deeply, walking backwards, finding strength to call and ask her. Roller Coaster, favorite ride, let me kiss you one last time." It's experiencing butterflies, and wishing to be with her one last time before graduation. >>>
    Suggestion credit:
    Harry - England
  • Hoppus: "I used to date this girl, and I couldn't tell anyone about it. The whole situation sucked, so I wrote a song about it." >>>
    Suggestion credit:
    Tim - Pittsburgh, PA
  • If Hoppus hadn't worked up the nerve to ask the girl out, it might have been another "Story Of A Lonely Guy" - a song his bandmate Tom DeLonge wrote for the album.
  • Bolstered by the hit singles "The Rock Show," "Stay Together for the Kids," and "First Date," Take Off Your Pants And Jacket - Blink's fourth studio album - was their first release to top the US albums chart. It also marked the first time a punk album reached the summit.

    They didn't reach the top again until 2016 with their seventh album, California. At that time, Matt Skiba of Alkaline Trio replaced Tom DeLonge as guitarist and co-lead vocalist.

Comments: 3

  • Jonathan from Paoli, InI thought this song was about a group of kids who die on a roller coaster.
  • John from Mansfield, TxIn The Now Cancelled CBS Sitcom"Still Standing",Bill and Judy Miller(Mark Addy and Jami Gertz)agreed to chaperone their Daughter(Renee Olmstead)and her friends to a Blink 182 Concert.
    Judy decides to flash the band only to wind up flashing her breasts on the Jumbotron Screens
    and embarassing her daughter BFT!!
  • Kyle from Cardiff, WalesTypical sexy blink 182 XD
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