Editing Enema of the State (section)

==Singles==
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To promote ''Enema of the State'', MCA Records released three singles in support: "[[What's My Age Again?]]," "[[All the Small Things]]," and "[[Adam's Song]]." The singles were bigger than anyone in the band expected, crossing over into Top 40 radio format and experiencing major commercial success.<ref name=p96>{{harvnb|Hoppus|2001|p=96}}</ref> "What's My Age Again?" became an "[[airplay]] phenomenon," achieving mass success on both radio and television. Its television success made it into an [[MTV]] staple.<ref name="totalguitar1"/><ref name=shooman69>{{harvnb|Shooman|2010|p=69}}</ref> It achieved the highest success on ''Billboard''{{'s}} [[Modern Rock Tracks]] chart, where it peaked at number two. It registered within the top 20 on [[UK Singles Chart]] as well, peaking at number 17.<ref name="shooman69"/> The music video for "What's My Age Again?," directed by [[Marcos Siega]], famously depicted the band running naked through the streets of Los Angeles.<ref name="Edwards 2000"/><ref name=p97>{{harvnb|Hoppus|2001|p=97}}</ref> A clip of the band streaking opened the [[Billboard Music Award|1999 ''Billboard'' Awards]] and the band's affinity for nudity would be referenced in interviews for years to come.<ref name="ewnude"/><ref name=shooman71>{{harvnb|Shooman|2010|p=71}}</ref>

"All the Small Things," released in early 2000, became an even bigger success&nbsp;— it crossed over from alt-rock radio to [[contemporary hit radio]], peaking at number six on [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] and number one on the Modern Rock Tracks chart.<ref name="totalguitar1"/> This track stayed at the top of the Modern Rock Tracks chart for eight weeks and remained in the top 10 for 20 weeks.<ref>Pesselnick, Jill. "The Modern Age." ''Billboard: The International Newsweekly of Music, Video and Home Entertainment'' 112, no. 13 (March 25, 2000): 77.</ref> It also peaked at number two on the official UK charts, and within the top ten in Italy, Ireland, Austria, Sweden and Australia.<ref name=shooman74>{{harvnb|Shooman|2010|p=74}}</ref> The music video for "All the Small Things" parodies [[boy bands]] and contemporary pop videos, and features the trio participating in choreographed dancing and dressing up as members of [[Backstreet Boys]], [[98 Degrees]], and [['N Sync]].<ref name="shooman74"/> "I was a little surprised it went over so well," recalled Marcos Siega, director of the clip, commenting that he felt it would offend viewers of ''[[Total Request Live]]'' (''TRL'') and boy band fans. "I think we had the opposite effect. In some ways, I think that video put Blink at that sort of pop level with those other bands. We were making fun of them, but it kind of became [what it was making fun of]."<ref name="shooman74"/> At the 2000 [[MTV Video Music Awards]], it was nominated for Video of the Year and Best Pop Video, and won Best Group Video.<ref name="Edwards 2000"/><ref name="boybands">{{cite web |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/8kmeru/blink-182-spoofs-boy-bands-with-new-video |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220722085444/https://www.mtv.com/news/8kmeru/blink-182-spoofs-boy-bands-with-new-video |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 22, 2022 |title=Blink-182 Spoofs Boy Bands with New Video |publisher=MTV News |date=August 11, 1999 |access-date=June 1, 2010}}</ref><ref name=p98>{{harvnb|Hoppus|2001|p=98}}</ref>

The third and final single, "Adam's Song," performed less substantially than the first two but still managed to peak at number two on ''Billboard''{{'s}} [[Alternative Songs]] chart. The band was engulfed in controversy when Greg Barnes, a survivor of the [[Columbine High School massacre]], set "Adam's Song" on repeat on his stereo and committed suicide in May 2000. Hoppus was very upset when he got the call from band manager Rick DeVoe explaining what happened, as he intended the track as an anti-suicide song.<ref name="enemaofthestage"/><ref name="columbine">{{cite news |last1=Olinger |first1=David |last2=Devlin |first2=Neil H. |url=http://extras.denverpost.com/news/col0506.htm |title=Song only clue to student's despair |newspaper=[[The Denver Post]] |date=May 6, 2000 |access-date=July 18, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120831192115/http://extras.denverpost.com/news/col0506.htm |archive-date=August 31, 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref> ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' later compared the controversy to that of [[Ozzy Osbourne]]'s "[[Suicide Solution]]."<ref name="newrs"/> Despite that controversy, it managed to connect deeply with fans of the band, who wrote letters to the band remarking the track saved their lives during difficult situations.<ref name=shooman77>{{harvnb|Shooman|2010|p=77}}</ref> The constant airplay of the three videos on MTV and ''TRL'' cemented the band's image as video stars, amid a climate of [[teen pop]] and boy bands.<ref name="nyt"/>