What's The Name of The Song (Blink-182's Version)

Background
What's the Name of That Song?" was first performed by the Sesame Street cast in episode 666 It has been performed many times since. It is best known for its recurring "la-di-da-di-dum"'s . Bob McGrath remembered the song very fondly, and happen to come across Blink 182 at a concert in Long Island New York. Blink-182 and Bob McGrath meet after the concert, and talked about the new album "Sunny Day's". Bob asked if he could share

Critical Performance
The song received mostly positive reviews from music critics. Punknews.org referred to the track as an "excellent song" and "This isn't just a cover, this is a cover done right, and only Blink 182 could pull it off". About.com reviewed "What's The Name of That Song" as "A simple yet catchy punk rock song thus time to a message we all seem to forget. Sometimes you don't have to know the name of the song, you can just remember the words to sing along".

Chart Performance
"What's The Name of That Song" debuted in the top 40 of the U.S Billboard hot 100 and remained there for 20 weeks, eventually reaching the spot of #20 later reached the top 5 of Billboard's "Hot Rock songs Chart" and " "Alternative Airplay" chart.

Music Video
The music video for "What's The Name of That Song" was directed by Marc Webb and shot in Los Angeles and was released on January 18, 2006. It revolves around the lead singer and bass guitarist Mark Hoppus, driving absently to a pool that turned into a skating rink. going through a series of songs and lstened to a song that he remembers the lyrics too, but not the name of the song. All of a sudden, Mark gets into a car crash. He feels dizzy after the car crash, and almost falls into the pool. He get's back on his feet, and starts to play with rest of the band which was also there.