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"Wrong Way" | ||||
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Single by Sublime | ||||
from the album Sublime | ||||
Released | May 25, 1997 | |||
Recorded | 1996 | |||
Genre | Ska punk | |||
Length | 2:16 | |||
Label | MCA | |||
Songwriter(s) | ||||
Producer(s) | ||||
Sublime singles chronology | ||||
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"Wrong Way" is a song by American band Sublime, released on May 25, 1997 as the third single from their third album Sublime . The song fits squarely within the punk rock-inspired third wave ska movement of the 1990s. The song reached number 47 on the Billboard Hot 100 Airplay chart and it spent 26 weeks and peaked at number three on Billboard's Alternative Songs chart. [1]
The trombone solo, played by Jon Blondell, contains an interpolation of the theme from George Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue". [2]
The version of the song played on the radio typically edits a use of the word "tits" but does not remove it entirely, instead simply lowering the "I" sound so that what is being said is slightly less obvious.[ citation needed ]
A music video was directed by Gregory Dark, starring Bijou Phillips, soon after the band's lead singer, Bradley Nowell, had died. The video has a cameo by Mike Watt of the bands Minutemen, Firehose, and Dos; he was one of the biggest influences on bass guitar player Eric Wilson. The pornography producer Maestro Claudio plays the clown/dad. The video also includes a brief cameo by Fishbone lead singer, Angelo Moore, as well as members of Skunk Records band the Ziggens.
Chart (1997) | Peak position |
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US Radio Songs ( Billboard ) [3] | 47 |
US Alternative Airplay ( Billboard ) [4] | 3 |
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