Spare Me the Details

"Spare Me the Details" is a song by American punk rock band the Offspring. The song is featured as the tenth track from their seventh studio album, Splinter (2003), and was released as a single in 2004 in Australia and New Zealand only. Dexter Holland wrote the song inspired by a friend who was unsettled at a vivid account of his girlfriend cheating on him, and asked the person telling him 'Please! Spare me the details!'

"Spare Me the Details"
Single by The Offspring
from the album Splinter
Released	2004
Recorded	2003
Genre	Ska punk
Length	3:24
Label	Columbia
Songwriter(s)	Dexter Holland
Producer(s)	Brendan O'Brien
The Offspring singles chronology
"(Can't Get My) Head Around You" (2004) "Spare Me the Details" (2004) "Can't Repeat" (2005)

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Spare Me the Details"	3:24

Personnel

The Offspring

• Dexter Holland – lead and backing vocals, rhythm guitar
• Noodles – lead guitar, backing vocals
• Greg K. – bass, backing vocals

Additional musicians

• Josh Freese – drums

• Brendan O'Brien – piano

Greatest Hits

The song was included as the fifteenth track on the Australian version of the band's Greatest Hits (2005).

Charts

Chart (2003)	Peak position
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)	31