The success of “Come Out and Play” not only propelled Smash to peak at number four on the Billboard 200 and receive simultaneous gold and platinum certification four months after its release, but it also helped bring punk rock into the mainstream and is often considered a breakthrough album for the then-underground pop-punk and skate punk scenes. The album’s next two singles, ” Self Esteem ” and ” Gotta Get Away “, had similar success to “Come Out and Play” in both chart performance and radio airplay. Smash has continued to sell consistently well in the years since its release, setting an all-time record for most units sold by an independent label band at over eleven million records and having sold over six million copies in the U.S. by 2000. The album also sold very well outside of the U.S., particularly in Australia, where it debuted No. 1 on the ARIA Charts , and remained in that position for three weeks in 1995.
Debuted No. 1 on ARIA Charts
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