| The Meaning of Life | |
| Cover: | The Meaning of Life by The Offspring.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | the Offspring |
| Album: | Ixnay on the Hombre |
| Released: | August 15, 1997 |
| Recorded: | 1996 |
| Genre: | Skate punk |
| Length: | 2:56 |
| Label: | Columbia |
| Producer: | Dave Jerden[1] |
| Prev Title: | Gone Away |
| Prev Year: | 1997 |
| Next Title: | I Choose |
| Next Year: | 1997 |
"The Meaning of Life" is a song released by the American punk rock band the Offspring. It appears as the second track on their fourth studio album, Ixnay on the Hombre (1997), and was released as its third single. The single peaked at #90 on the Australian ARIA singles chart in August 1997.
A music video was made in support of the single. It was directed by Kevin Kerslake and released in 1997. The video features a high-speed wheel chair race in the desert. The race footage was interspersed with shots of lead singer Dexter Holland hanging upside down in a tree with a capuchin monkey.
The music video appears on the Complete Music Video Collection DVD, released in 2005.