Punk Rock 101

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"Punk Rock 101"
Single by Bowling for Soup
from the album Drunk Enough to Dance
Released	May 20, 2003 (2003-05-20)
Genre	Pop-punk
Length	3:08
Label	Zomba Music for Nations Jive
Songwriters	Jaret Reddick Butch Walker
Producer	Butch Walker
Bowling for Soup singles chronology
"Emily" (2002) "Punk Rock 101" (2003) "Here We Go" (2004)

"Punk Rock 101" is a song by American pop-punk band Bowling for Soup. It appeared on the 2003 edition of their 2002 album Drunk Enough to Dance. "Punk Rock 101" was released to radio on May 20, 2003. The single peaked at number 43 on the UK Singles Chart.

Allusions

• The line "But Fat Mike's his hero" references Fat Mike, the bassist and vocalist for the punk rock band NOFX.
• The line "It's stupid, contagious" is an allusion to lyrics from Nirvana's song "Smells Like Teen Spirit". In addition, the name of the song is taken from a line in Kurt Cobain's suicide note.
• The lyric "Like Tommy and Gina/They're living on a prayer" is an allusion to lyrics from Bon Jovi's song "Livin' on a Prayer". Bon Jovi themselves are also mentioned in the lyric "She left him for staring at girls and not caring when she cried cause she thought Bon Jovi broke up."

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