Baghdad was a 7-inch EP

Extended play

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 released by American

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 punk rock

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 band The Offspring

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 in 1991. It is currently out of print, but sold 3000 copies within one week of its release. Although Baghdad has never been reissued on CD

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 in its entirety, two of the songs were later released on compilations: "Hey Joe" was re-recorded on Go Ahead Punk...Make My Day (Nitro Records

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, 1996

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) and "Baghdad" on Rock Against Bush, Vol. 1

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(Fat Wreck Chords

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, 2004

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). It also appeared on the band's 2010 Japan-only compilation album Happy Hour. The band's official website does not list Baghdad in the otherwise comprehensive discography.

Track listing

Track Notes

The EP includes an early version of "Get It Right" of which a later version was released on their second studio album

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 Ignition. The title track "Baghdad" was a re-release of the song "Tehran" which appeared on the Offspring's debut self-titled

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 album in 1989. It switches the words "Tehran" (the capital of Iran

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) for "Baghdad" (the capital of Iraq

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). The EP also includes a cover version of "Hey Joe" by Billy Roberts (a different version from what was later released on "Gone Away

Gone Away

-Sales:The single reached Gold in Australia, selling 35,000 copies. It was the first single released by the Offspring to reach Gold status in any country.-Music video:...

") and a previous unreleased instrumental track "The Blurb" (which would not appear on any future recordings.)

Personnel

• Bryan Holland
  Dexter Holland
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   – Vocals, Guitar
• Noodles
  Kevin 'Noodles' Wasserman
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   – Guitar
• Greg K.
  Greg Kriesel
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   – Bass
• Ron Welty
  Ron Welty
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  – Drums