Don't Call Me White

"Don't Call Me White"
"Don't Call Me White"
Single by NOFX
from the album Punk in Drublic
Released	August 26, 1994
Genre	Punk rock
Length	2:33 (album version)
Label	Epitaph
Songwriter(s)	Fat Mike
Producer(s)	Fat Mike; Ryan Greene
NOFX singles chronology

"Don't Call Me White" is a 7" single by NOFX featuring two songs from Punk in Drublic (1994); "Don't Call Me White" and "Punk Guy". The record was limited to 1,500 copies on white vinyl. The band sometimes changes the word white to Scheiß (the German word for "shit") during their live shows.^[1]

Meaning

When asked in a 1994 interview if the song is about reverse racism, Fat Mike responded saying, "Basically, I'm tired of all these correct terms you're supposed to be calling people now.^[2]

Cover versions

The Spanish punk band Avalots made a cover version of "Don't Call Me White" in Catalan called "No em digueu blanc".^[3]
The band Rancid also covered the song on the BYO Split Series Volume III.
On the obscure tape Sin Efectos by Sin efectos, A cover called "No me ilamas gringo" is featured.

References

^ NOFX - Dont call me Scheiss - LIVE - Telekom Extreme Playgrounds 2011 Pinneberg, Germany. YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-11.
^ "Exploring-isms with NOFX". McGill Tribune. Retrieved April 15, 2021.
^ "Diari musical". Enderrock. Archived from the original on 2012-02-07. Retrieved 2012-02-14.

[1] NOFX - Dont call me Scheiss - LIVE - Telekom Extreme Playgrounds 2011 Pinneberg, Germany. YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-11.

[2] "Exploring-isms with NOFX". McGill Tribune. Retrieved April 15, 2021.

[3] "Diari musical". Enderrock. Archived from the original on 2012-02-07. Retrieved 2012-02-14.

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Studio albums	Liberal Animation S&M Airlines Ribbed White Trash, Two Heebs and a Bean Punk in Drublic Heavy Petting Zoo So Long and Thanks for All the Shoes Pump Up the Valuum The War on Errorism Wolves in Wolves' Clothing Coaster Self Entitled First Ditch Effort Single Album Double Album
Live albums	I Heard They Suck Live!! They've Actually Gotten Worse Live! Ribbed: Live in a Dive
Compilation albums	Maximum Rocknroll 45 or 46 Songs That Weren't Good Enough to Go on Our Other Records The Greatest Songs Ever Written (By Us) The Longest EP
EPs	NOFX (1985) So What If We're on Mystic! The P.M.R.C. Can Suck on This The Longest Line HOFX Fuck the Kids Timmy the Turtle The Decline Surfer Regaining Unconsciousness 7" of the Month Club Never Trust a Hippy Cokie the Clown NOFX (2011) Stoke Extinguisher Hepatitis Bathtub
Split albums	BYO Split Series Volume III NOFX / The Spits West Coast vs. Wessex
Singles	"Don't Call Me White" "All of Me" "Bottles to the Ground" "Pods and Gods" "The Decline" "13 Stitches" "Stoke Extinguisher"
Related articles	Discography Ten Years of Fuckin' Up Me First and the Gimme Gimmes Fat Wreck Chords (Fat Club) Rock Against Bush
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