Editing Dude Ranch (album) (section)

== Release ==
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''Dude Ranch'' was released on June 17, 1997, jointly through Cargo Music and MCA Records. It was initially set to be released in a dual deal between Cargo and MCA subsidiary Way Cool Music.<ref name="Los Angeles Times 1997">{{cite web | title=Adults in Ink--but Adolescent in a Blink(-182) | website=Los Angeles Times | date=February 14, 1997 | url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-02-14-ca-28478-story.html | access-date=May 19, 2023}}</ref><ref name="Los Angeles Times 1998">{{cite web | title=MCA Gets Way Cool Bands, Mike Jacobs Gets Cash | website=Los Angeles Times | date=August 3, 1998 | url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1998-aug-03-ca-9612-story.html | access-date=May 19, 2023}}</ref> The record, at first, largely passed without notice from audiences outside their established fan base.<ref name="p43"/> With fan support and the trio touring nonstop, the album's sales began to improve.<ref name="p74"/> The momentum from touring helped ''Dude Ranch'' sell 3,000–4,000 units a week, and the record sold 40,000 copies by August 1997.<ref name=billboard>{{cite magazine| date =January 24, 1998| title =Blink 182 Propelled By Cargo's Vision| magazine =[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]| volume =110 | issue = 4| pages =11, 100 | publisher =[[Prometheus Global Media]]| location =[[New York City]]| issn =0006-2510| url =https://books.google.com/books?id=nA0EAAAAMBAJ&q=blink+billboard+1998&pg=PA98 | access-date =December 16, 2012}}</ref> ''Dude Ranch'' was promoted by the label through board-sport magazines and tie-ins between surf shops and record stores. At retail, MCA and Cargo organized midnight sales promotions on the [[West Coast of the United States|West Coast]].<ref name="billboard"/> The popularity of the trio in Australia has been cited as the sign that alerted major record companies of ''Dude Ranch''{{'s}} commercial potential; at the time, the album had spent five months on the charts and the band became famous for their stage show while on the 1997 [[Warped Tour]].<ref name="p44"/> Thanks to increased recognition, the band dropped Cargo and fully signed with MCA in 1998 to handle increased distribution. Punk rock purists asserted the band were betraying their indie roots by even considering major label proposals and began to address the band as "sell-outs".<ref name="p44"/>

Sales improved dramatically when the record's lead single, "[[Dammit]]", began making rounds at rock radio.<ref name=p44>Footman, 2002. p. 44</ref> MCA's marketing strategy involved waiting until after the band's Warped Tour performances wrapped in order to have a retail story to back up radio promotion efforts.<ref name="billboard"/> The label first serviced "Dammit" in August 1997 and several [[SoCal]] stations were quick to pick up the single, finding it to be a good match alongside [[Green Day]] and [[The Offspring]] radio hits.<ref name="billboard"/> The song was released in September,<ref>{{Cite web|date=July 4, 2017|title=TUNESDAY track – Blink 182, 'Dammit'|url=https://stack.com.au/music/tunesday-track-blink-182-dammit/|access-date=2021-01-16|website=STACK {{!}} JB Hi-Fi|language=en-AU}}</ref> and was added to the playlist of Los Angeles–based radio station [[KROQ]], after which the song began to be played across the country.<ref name="p74"/> Mainstream rock received "Dammit" in November, and [[MTV]] picked up the "Dammit" video, bumping it into "stress rotation" in December.<ref name="billboard"/> This led to feature stories in magazines such as ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' and ''[[Rolling Stone (magazine)|Rolling Stone]]''.<ref name="billboard"/><ref name=rsarticle>{{cite journal| last =Wiederhorn| first =Jon| date =March 19, 1998| title =Young, Loud & Snotty: Blink 182 are San Diego Punks on a Gross Out Mission| journal =[[Rolling Stone (magazine)|Rolling Stone]]| volume =1 | issue =782 | publisher =[[Jann Wenner|Wenner Media]] [[Limited liability company|LLC]]| location =[[New York City]] | issn =0035-791X }}<!--| access-date =January 7, 2013--></ref> Radio-wise, "Dammit" achieved great commercial success, peaking at number&nbsp;11 on the US rock charts in 1998. The year-end ''Billboard'' Airplay Monitor Report (BDS) stats indicated that "Dammit" earned top spins at many key radio stations.<ref name=shooman60>Shooman, 2010. p. 60</ref> In addition, its success knocked ''Dude Ranch'' onto the all-genre [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] album chart for the first time, where it peaked at number 67 in February 1998.<ref name=p43f>Footman, 2002. p. 43</ref> On January 24, 1998, ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' reported that ''Dude Ranch'' sold more than 268,000 copies, according to [[Nielsen SoundScan]].<ref name="billboard" /> ''Dude Ranch'' spent a total of 48 weeks in the top 200 in the United States.<ref name="Dailey 2023">{{cite magazine | last=Dailey | first=Hannah| title=Blink-182: A Timeline of the Band's History | magazine=Billboard | date=April 27, 2023 | url=https://www.billboard.com/lists/blink-182-band-history-timeline/ | access-date=May 19, 2023}}</ref>

''Dude Ranch'', which was certified gold by the [[Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA)]] on February 9, 1998, yielded three more singles, which did not attract the same commercial success as "Dammit".<ref name="p74"/><ref>[https://www.riaa.com/newsitem.php?id=E1EA3054-8BF7-07B9-0F5B-C32D3D87C898&searchterms=blink 182&terminclude=&termexact= RIAA News Room - The Titanic Hits Eight Million Sales in RIAA Awards - Feb 27, 1998] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110622102102/http://www.riaa.com/newsitem.php?id=E1EA3054-8BF7-07B9-0F5B-C32D3D87C898&searchterms=blink |date=June 22, 2011 }}</ref> "Apple Shampoo" was the second single release from ''Dude Ranch'', released in October 1997. "Although it didn't have the impact of "Dammit", it hardly mattered as the former was still receiving heavy play on radio and TV stations across the nation", wrote journalist Joe Shooman.<ref name="shooman45"/> "Dick Lips" was released in February 1998 but failed to register on charts.<ref name="shooman47"/> "[[Josie (Blink-182 song)|Josie]]" became the record's fourth and final single in November 1998.<ref name=p75>Hoppus, 2001. p. 75</ref> Its music video also received MTV airplay and the single charted at number&nbsp;31 in Australia.<ref name="shooman60"/><ref name=p77>Hoppus, 2001. p. 77</ref> For the single release of both "Dammit" and "Josie", the songs were remixed and remastered by [[Tom Lord-Alge]].<ref name="remix">{{cite AV media notes | title=Dammit (Growing Up) - Single | year=1997 | work=[[Blink-182]] | type=liner notes | publisher=[[Cargo Music]] / [[MCA Records]] | location=[[Australia]] | id=RAP024}}</ref> The unreleased ''Dude Ranch'' cut "I Won't Be Home for Christmas" was released as an international single in 2001, only successful in [[Canada]], but charting for six non-consecutive weeks at number one.<ref>''[[Billboard magazine|Billboard]]'', December 8, 2001: Page 72 (Hits of the World: Canada)</ref> ''Dude Ranch'' was certified platinum by the RIAA on November 8, 1999.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?content_selector%3Dgold-platinum-searchable-database%26artist%3DBlink+182 |title=RIAA - Gold & Platinum Searchable Database - March 31, 2013 |website=[[Recording Industry Association of America]] |access-date=2011-06-20 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130104132513/http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?content_selector=gold-platinum-searchable-database |archive-date=2013-01-04 }} This is based on a search for "Blink 182" in the RIAA database. Such a result will bring forth at least one (as of 2011) result that is not by Blink-182.</ref> As of June 30, 2001, ''Dude Ranch'' sold 1,100,000 copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan.<ref name=BetweentheBullets>{{cite magazine |title=Between the Bullets |last=Mayfield
|first=Geoff |date=June 30, 2001 |page=76 |publisher=[[Nielsen Business Media, Inc.]] |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |volume=113 |number=26 |issn=0006-2510 |access-date=October 31, 2018 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-BMEAAAAMBAJ&q=blink-182+%22dude+ranch%22+soundscan+50%2C000&pg=PA76}}</ref>