"My Own Worst Enemy" is a song by the American rock band Lit. It was released in March 1999 as the lead single from their second album, A Place in the Sun, released in 1999. The song spent eleven weeks at number 1 on the US Modern Rock Tracks chart and went on to become a staple in the band's live set. In addition, the song also crossed over to mainstream rock radio, hitting number 6 on the US Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. In 2014, the American post-hardcore band Get Scared covered the song on the album Punk Goes 90s Vol. 2. The single just missed the top half of the Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking at number 51 on the chart and spending 20 weeks on the chart. The song has been misattributed to Blink-182 and its title has been mistaken as "Please Tell Me Why"..