Hitchin' a Ride (Green Day song)

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"Hitchin' a Ride"
Green Day - Hitchin' a Ride cover.jpg
Single by Green Day
from the album Nimrod
B-side
  • "Sick of Me"
  • "Espionage"
ReleasedSeptember 29, 1997 (1997-09-29)
Studio Conway (Hollywood, California)
Genre
Length2:51
Label Reprise
Composer(s) Green Day
Lyricist(s) Billie Joe Armstrong
Producer(s)
Green Day singles chronology
"Brain Stew" / "Jaded"
(1996)
"Hitchin' a Ride"
(1997)
"Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)"
(1997)
Music video
"Hitchin' A Ride" on YouTube

"Hitchin' a Ride" is a song by American rock band Green Day. It was released in September 1997 as the first single from their fifth album, Nimrod , and is the second track on the album. The single reached number five on the US Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart, number nine on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, and number 25 on the UK Singles Chart.

Contents

The song was later featured as the fourteenth track on their International Superhits! (2001) and as the eighth track off of God's Favorite Band (2017).

Reception

PopMatters listed "Hitchin' a Ride" as the sixth best Green Day song, citing "Suiting its falling-off-the-wagon subject matter, "Hitchin’ a Ride" is a hellish yet exhilarating track that makes picking up a bottle look like probably not wisest idea one could have." [4]

Music video

The music video for "Hitchin' a Ride", directed by Mark Kohr, premiered on MTV on October 16, 1997. [5] Coherently with the subject of the song, the music video shows the band performing in a scenery reminiscent of Prohibition era, amongst suggestive characters in costumes.

"Hitchin' a Ride" can also be found on International Superhits! , Bullet in a Bible and Greatest Hits: God's Favorite Band . The music video is included on International Supervideos! .

Track listings

  1. "Hitchin' a Ride"
  2. "Sick of Me" (non-LP track)
  3. "Espionage" (non-LP track)

LP box set

A-side:

  1. "Hitchin' a Ride"
  2. "Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)"

B-side:

  1. "Scattered"
  2. "Uptight"

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) [16] Gold40,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)Ref.
United StatesAugust 1997Radio Reprise [5]
United KingdomSeptember 29, 1997
  • CD
  • cassette
[17]
JapanOctober 15, 1997CD [18]

See also

References

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  2. GillianG. Gaar (October 28, 2009). Green Day: Rebels With a Cause. Omnibus Press. p. 157. ISBN   978-0-85712-059-5.
  3. Strength, Reed (October 28, 2016). "Ranking Green Day's 12 Albums". Paste Magazine. Retrieved August 15, 2019.
  4. AJ Ramirez. "Nice Guys Finish Last: The Top 15 Green Day Songs". PopMatters. Retrieved May 25, 2013.
  5. 1 2 Rosen, Craig (September 20, 1997). "Green Day Grows Beyond Punk on 'Nimrod'". Billboard . p. 81. Retrieved January 19, 2025.
  6. "Green Day – Hitchin' a Ride". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved November 13, 2016.
  7. "Top RPM Singles: Issue 3362." RPM . Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved November 13, 2016.
  8. "Top RPM Rock/Alternative Tracks: Issue 7914." RPM . Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved November 13, 2016.
  9. "Green Day: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved December 4, 2021.
  10. "Green Day Chart History (Radio Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved November 13, 2016.
  11. "Green Day Chart History (Alternative Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved November 13, 2016.
  12. "Green Day Chart History (Mainstream Rock)". Billboard. Retrieved November 13, 2016.
  13. "Best of '97: Mainstream Rock Tracks". Airplay Monitor . Vol. 5, no. 52. December 26, 1997. p. 28.
  14. "Best of '97: Modern Rock Tracks". Airplay Monitor. Vol. 5, no. 52. December 26, 1997. p. 30.
  15. "Most Played Modern Rock Songs of 1998". Airplay Monitor. Vol. 6, no. 52. December 25, 1998. p. 36.
  16. "Canadian single certifications – Green Day – Hitchin' a Ride". Music Canada . Retrieved October 18, 2023.
  17. "New Releases: Singles". Music Week . September 27, 1997. p. 37.
  18. "ヒッチン・ア・ライド | グリーン・デイ" [Hitchin' a Ride | Green Day] (in Japanese). Oricon . Retrieved September 22, 2023.