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{{about|the 1998 single|facial expression common in 2010s selfies|duck face}} {{Infobox song | name = Dick Lips | cover = Dick Lips Blink.jpg | alt = | type = single | artist = [[Blink-182]] | album = [[Dude Ranch (album)|Dude Ranch]] | released = February 28, 1998 | recorded = December 1996βJanuary 1997<br/>Big Fish Studios<br/><small>([[Encinitas, California|Encinitas]], [[California]])</small> | studio = | venue = | genre = [[Pop punk]], [[skate punk]] | length = 3:00 | label = {{flat list| *[[Cargo Music|Grilled Cheese]]}} | writer = {{flat list| *[[Mark Hoppus]] *[[Tom DeLonge]] *[[Scott Raynor]]}} | producer = [[Mark Trombino]] | prev_title = [[Dammit]] | prev_year = 1997 | next_title = [[Josie (Blink-182 song)|Josie]] | next_year = 1998 }} "'''Dick Lips'''" is a song by American [[rock music|rock]] band [[Blink-182]], released on February 28, 1998, as the third single from the group's second studio album, ''[[Dude Ranch (album)|Dude Ranch]]'' (1997). The song was released by [[Cargo Music|Grilled Cheese]], a subsidiary label of [[Cargo Music]]. It was the band's final single with Cargo; "Josie" was distributed jointly through MCA before they left the label by the end of the year. == Background== "Dick Lips" was written about an experience in [[Tom DeLonge]]'s high school years, in which he got kicked out of [[Poway High School]] during his junior year (1991) after being caught inebriated at a school basketball game.<ref name="shooman44"/> He then attended [[Rancho Bernardo High School]] for the remainder of his high school years. "Being kicked out of school was bad, but it was also the best thing in my life. Because none of us would be here today," DeLonge said in 2001.<ref name="p9"/> "Blink-182 is one million percent around today because I got kicked out of school.β<ref name=p9>Hoppus, 2001. p. 9</ref> The title has no real significance; it was an insult bandied around the Big Fish Studios while recording, that the band wanted to record "for posterity."<ref name=shooman44>Shooman, 2010. p. 43β44</ref> The song largely "failed to register" on international charts, in part due to the continued success of [[lead single]] "[[Dammit (Growing Up)|Dammit]]".<ref name=shooman45>Shooman, 2010. p. 45</ref><ref name=shooman47>Shooman, 2010. p. 47</ref> ==Composition== The song is composed in the [[Key (music)|key]] of [[A major]] and is set in [[time signature]] of [[common time]] with a moderately fast [[tempo]] of 124 [[beats per minute]]. DeLonge's vocal range spans from E<sub>4</sub> to E<sub>5</sub>.<ref name=sheet>{{cite web|url=http://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtdFPE.asp?ppn=MN0083311&|title=Blink-182 **** Lips - Guitar Tab|work=Music Notes|date=11 May 2010 |publisher=[[EMI Music Publishing]]|accessdate=April 26, 2014}}</ref> ==Reception== [[Consequence of Sound]], in a 2015 top 10 of the band's best songs, ranked it as number seven, commenting, "Without delving into unnecessary details, the lyrics hint at an abusive household and a prospect of romantic longing that serves no purpose beyond the promise of 'something new.' Blink often suffered from spelling out its themes, but 'Dick Lips' represents one of those rare times they simply let the song speak for itself."<ref name=cos>{{cite news|url=http://consequenceofsound.net/2015/02/blink-182s-top-10-songs/5/ |title=Blink-182's Top 10 Songs |author1=Dan Caffrey |author2=Collin Brennan |author3=Randall Colburn |publisher=[[Consequence of Sound]] |date=February 9, 2015 |accessdate=February 14, 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150214211051/http://consequenceofsound.net/2015/02/blink-182s-top-10-songs/5/ |archivedate=February 14, 2015 }}</ref> == Format and track listing == ;CD (1998) # "Dick Lips" β 2:56 # "Apple Shampoo" β 2:52 # "Wrecked Him" β 2:50 # "Zulu" β 2:07 == Personnel == ;Blink-182 * [[Tom DeLonge]] β guitar, lead vocals * [[Mark Hoppus]] β bass, backing vocals * [[Scott Raynor]] β drums ;Production *Mark Trombino β production, recording, mixing *[[Brian Gardner]] β mastering ==References== * {{Cite book | last = Hoppus | first = Anne | title = Blink-182: Tales from Beneath Your Mom | date = October 1, 2001 | publisher = [[MTV|MTV Books]] / [[Pocket Books]] | isbn = 0-7434-2207-4 }} * {{Cite book | last = Shooman | first = Joe | title = Blink-182: The Bands, The Breakdown & The Return | date = June 24, 2010 | publisher = Independent Music Press | isbn = 978-1-90619-110-8 }} ==Notes== {{Reflist|colwidth=30em}} {{Blink-182 songs}} {{Blink-182}} {{authority control}} [[Category:Blink-182 songs]] [[Category:Songs about alcohol]] [[Category:Songs about school]] [[Category:1997 songs]] [[Category:1998 singles]] [[Category:Songs written by Mark Hoppus]] [[Category:Songs written by Tom DeLonge]] [[Category:Songs written by Scott Raynor]]
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