"Stay Together for the Kids" was released in February 2002 as the third single from pop punk band Blink-182's record Take Off Your Pants and Jacket. Although Mark Hoppus sings the song's two verses, Tom DeLonge, who sings the choruses, wrote this song about his parents' divorce during his teen years. Although the song was released in February 2002, before it became a single, the song was already a successful hit as a non-single peaking number 7 on the Modern Rock chart on the issue dated November 24, 2001 or about 2 months after 9/11.