"Walking Contradiction" | ||||
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Promotional single by Green Day | ||||
from the album Insomniac | ||||
Released | August 20, 1996 [1] | |||
Recorded | 1995 | |||
Studio | Hyde Street Studios, San Francisco, California | |||
Genre | Punk rock [2] | |||
Length | 2:31 | |||
Label | Reprise | |||
Composer(s) | Green Day | |||
Lyricist(s) | Billie Joe Armstrong | |||
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Green Day singles chronology | ||||
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Music video | ||||
"Walking Contradiction" on YouTube |
"Walking Contradiction" is a song by American rock band Green Day, released as a promotional single 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 was used as the guitar solo for "Haushinka" on the demo version on their previous album Dookie (with the final version of the song appearing on their follow-up album Nimrod).
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 (1996) | Peak position |
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US Mainstream Rock ( Billboard) [5] | 25 |
US Alternative Airplay ( Billboard) [6] | 21 |
...pummeling punk tracks like "Tightwad Hill" and "Walking Contradiction"...