(Can't Get My) Head Around You

"(Can't Get My) Head Around You" is a punk rock song by The Offspring. The song features as the sixth track of the band's seventh studio album, Splinter (2003), and was released as its second single in 2004. "(Can't Get My) Head Around You" was released to radio on February 24, 2004. The song also appears as the 14th and final track on the band's Greatest Hits (2005).

Music video

A music video was released in support of the single. The video clip features the band playing in a dome lit by fluorescent lights and was shot with over 125 cameras, in what the band's website calls 'the ultimate performance video'. The video was directed by Joseph Kahn, with Chris Watts supervising the visual effects and the multicamera system.

This is the first music video from The Offspring to show Atom Willard playing the drums.

The music video appears on the Complete Music Video Collection DVD, released in 2005.

Track listing

Version 1
No.	Title	Length
1.	"(Can't Get My) Head Around You"	2:14
2.	"Gotta Get Away" (Live)	3:46
3.	"Come Out and Play" (Live)	3:10
4.	"The Kids Aren't Alright" (BBC Radio 1 Session)	4:16

Austria CD maxi
No.	Title	Length
1.	"(Can't Get My) Head Around You"	2:16
2.	"Come Out and Play" (Live)	3:12
3.	"Gotta Get Away" (Live)	3:44
4.	"Hit That" (Live)	2:50
5.	"(Can't Get My) Head Around You" (Video)	2:16

Limited edition 7" picture disc

No.	Title	Length
1.	"(Can't Get My) Head Around You"	2:14
2.	"Gotta Get Away" (Live)	3:44

Japan CD maxi

No.	Title	Length
1.	"(Can't Get My) Head Around You"	2:14
2.	"Hit That" (Live)	2:50
3.	"Come Out and Play" (Live)	3:12
4.	"Gotta Get Away" (Live)	3:44
5.	"The Kids Aren't Alright" (BBC Radio 1 Session)	4:16
6.	"(Can't Get My) Head Around You" (Video CD extra)	2:16

Promo CD

No.	Title	Length
1.	"(Can't Get My) Head Around You"	2:14

Personnel

The Offspring

Dexter Holland – lead and backing vocals, rhythm guitar
Noodles – lead guitar, backing vocals
Greg K. – bass, backing vocals

Additional musicians

Josh Freese – drums

Charts

Chart performance for "(Can't Get My) Head Around You"
Chart (2004)	Peak position
Australia (ARIA)	53
Canada Rock Top 30 (Radio & Records)	15
UK Singles (OCC)	48
UK Rock & Metal (OCC)	5
US Mainstream Rock (Billboard)	16
US Alternative Airplay (Billboard)	6

References

, Loftus, Johnny. "Splinter - The Offspring". AllMusic. Retrieved 2012-06-04.
^ "(Can't Get My) Head Around You". Rate Your Music. Retrieved July 19, 2013.
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"FMQB Airplay Archive: Modern Rock". Friday Morning Quarterback Album Report, Incorporated. Archived from the original on March 22, 2013. Retrieved October 30, 2016.
D'Angelo, Joe (March 3, 2004). "Offspring Approach Latest Video From Every Possible Angle". MTV News. Archived from the original on October 21, 2013. Retrieved July 19, 2013.
"Offspring, The – (Can't Get My) Head Around You". Discogs. Retrieved July 19, 2013.
Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 207.
"RR Canada Rock Top 30" (PDF). p. 64. Retrieved October 6, 2019.
"Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
"Official Rock & Metal Singles Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company.
"The Offspring Chart History (Mainstream Rock)". Billboard.
"The Offspring Chart History (Alternative Airplay)". Billboard.

v t e The Offspring
Dexter Holland Noodles Todd Morse Brandon Pertzborn Greg K. James Lilja Ron Welty Atom Willard Pete Parada
Studio albums	The Offspring Ignition Smash Ixnay on the Hombre Americana Conspiracy of One Splinter Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace Days Go By Let the Bad Times Roll Supercharged
Compilations	Collection Greatest Hits Happy Hour!
EPs	Baghdad Club Me A Piece of Americana Summer Nationals
Singles	"I'll Be Waiting" "Come Out and Play" "Self Esteem" "Gotta Get Away" "Smash It Up" "All I Want" "Gone Away" "The Meaning of Life" "I Choose" "Pretty Fly (For a White Guy)" "Why Don't You Get a Job?" "The Kids Aren't Alright" "She's Got Issues" "Original Prankster" "Want You Bad" "Million Miles Away" "Defy You" "Hit That" "(Can't Get My) Head Around You" "Spare Me the Details" "Can't Repeat" "Hammerhead" "You're Gonna Go Far, Kid" "Kristy, Are You Doing Okay?" "Half-Truism" "Days Go By" "Cruising California (Bumpin' in My Trunk)" "Turning into You" "Coming for You" "Let the Bad Times Roll"
Video albums	Americana Huck It Complete Music Video Collection
Tours	Warped Tour Smash: 20th Anniversary Tour World Tour 2017
Related articles	Discography List of songs Awards Nitro Records
Related bands	Angels & Airwaves Face to Face Saves the Day Steady Ground
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