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Wikipedia article
{{Infobox song
| name = Hit That
| cover = Hitthatcover.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = the Offspring
| album = Splinter
| B-side = Da Hui
| released = December 9, 2003
| recorded = 2003
| studio =
| venue =
| genre =
| length = 2:48
| label = Columbia
| writer = Dexter Holland
| producer = Brendan O'Brien
| prev_title = Defy You
| prev_year = 2001
| next_title = (Can't Get My) Head Around You
| next_year = 2004
| misc =
}}
"'Hit That'" is a song released by the American rock band the Offspring. The song is featured as the fourth track on the band's seventh studio album, 'Splinter' (2003), and was released as its first single. The song also appears as the 13th track on their 'Greatest Hits' (2005).
"Hit That" was released to radio on November 4, 2003. The single was first released in the United States and Australia in December 2003, and in the United Kingdom in January 2004, reaching the top 20 on the Australian ARIA Singles Chart and the UK Singles Chart (No. 13 and No. 11 respectively) and No. 64 on the 'Billboard' Hot 100. The song also topped the 'Billboard' Modern Rock Tracks chart, proving to be one of their most successful singles since the 1990s. This was the first time an Offspring song would hit No. 1 on that chart since their breakthrough single "Come Out and Play" was released a decade earlier in 1994.
Music video
The music video for the song, directed by John Williams and David Lea, depicts a blue computer-generated (but green-screened over live-action footage) man's hunt for his runaway dog; the two are shown alternately, as the man lip-syncs the lyrics and the dog seeks shelter. The dog is revealed to be an amoral force of mayhem, breaking out of the house and leaving a trail of wreckage in his wake (as well as showing scenes of the dog biting through a power cable and blacking out the area, or perching his doghouse on a mound of destroyed objects). The animal is also being chased by a dog catcher.
The dog is shown in first person as well as third person. When the owner and the dog catcher finally catch up to the dog, he is in an alleyway with his beloved and several puppies (from the dog's reaction, it is assumed they are his). The dog catcher holds up what appears to be a pair of shears and a howl is heard. The next day, the dog is walked grumpily down the street in a paper cone, implying that the point of the chase was to bring the dog in to be neutered to remove its destructive nature as well.
The video appears on the 'Complete Music Video Collection' DVD, released in 2005.
Track listing
Personnel
* All songs (on the single) written and performed by the Offspring
* Produced by: Brendan O'Brien
* Mixed by: Brendan O'Brien
* Published by Underachiever Music
Charts
References
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