Walking Contradiction

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"Walking Contradiction"
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Promotional single by Green Day
from the album Insomniac
ReleasedAugust 20, 1996 [1]
Recorded1995
Studio Hyde Street Studios, San Francisco, California
Genre Punk rock [2]
Length2:31
Label Reprise
Composer(s) Green Day
Lyricist(s) Billie Joe Armstrong
Producer(s)
Green Day singles chronology
"Brain Stew / Jaded"
(1996)		"Walking Contradiction"
(1996)		"Hitchin' a Ride"
(1997)
Music video
"Walking Contradiction" on YouTube

"Walking Contradiction" is a song by American rock band Green Day, released as a promotional single on August 20, 1996 from their fourth album Insomniac . Also the closing track on the album, the song reached number 21 on the Modern Rock Tracks in August 1996. [3] The riff of this song originally appeared as the guitar solo for a demo version of "Haushinka", recorded but unused on previous album Dookie . "Haushinka" would eventually appear on their follow-up album Nimrod .

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Walking Contradiction" (radio edit) – 2:31

Music video

Directed by Roman Coppola and mostly filmed in San Pedro, Los Angeles, California, the video features the trio going about in a town casually causing accidents, explosions, and mayhem, unaware of their actions. At the end of the video, they all meet up with each other, get into a car and drive off, just as a building collapses. The music video received a Grammy nomination for "Best Music Video, Short Form" at the 39th Grammy Awards in 1997. [4]

Chart positions

Chart (1996)Peak
position
US Mainstream Rock ( Billboard ) [5] 25
US Alternative Airplay ( Billboard ) [6] 21

Other versions

References

  1. ↑ Green Day Album & Song Chart History | Billboard.com. Retrieved 2010-02-11.
  2. ↑ Nobody Likes You: Inside the Turbulent Life, Times, and Music of Green Day. Marc Spitz. 7 November 2006. ISBN   9781401385798 . Retrieved December 3, 2014. ...pummeling punk tracks like "Tightwad Hill" and "Walking Contradiction"...
  3. ↑ Billboard Chart History
  4. ↑ http://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/1997/grammys.htm Retrieved October 3rd 2012.
  5. ↑ "Green Day Chart History (Mainstream Rock)". Billboard. Retrieved November 12, 2016.
  6. ↑ "Green Day Chart History (Alternative Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved November 12, 2016.
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