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“I couldn’t believe no one had done a song about a white guy trying to be gangsta”: The story of The Offspring’s global smash Pretty Fly (For A White Guy)

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“I couldn’t believe no one had done a song about a white guy trying to be gangsta”: The story of The Offspring’s global smash Pretty Fly (For A White Guy)

Inspired by a baseball-capped server at a dive-thru, the song brought the band a UK No.1 single, lifted them out of the doldrums and set them up for the next period of huge success

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