 The song was covered in 2014 by the math rock group Dads , for the compilation EP I Guess This is Growing Up . In 2015 , a mashup combining " Adam 's Song " with " Hotline Bling " by Drake surfaced online . Called " Hotline Blink " , the mashup received a positive review from Loren <unk> of MTV , who called the mashup " hip @-@ hop @-@ meets @-@ pop @-@ punk @-@ nostalgia " and wrote " Trust us , you ’ ll want to watch again and again and again . " In an article about the mashup , Tyler Sharp of Alternative Press wrote " In a bizarre , unexpected way , the result is tolerable — maybe even enjoyable ? " Following the death of DJ AM ( born Adam Michael Goldstein ) , a close friend of Barker , Hoppus wrote on Reddit that " Adam 's Song " is " too hard " to perform and may be permanently retired from Blink @-@ 182 's set list . 
