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Basket Case
Green Day
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- Album
- Dookie
- Released
- 1994
- Genres
- punk, pop punk
- Length
- 3:02
- Tempo
- 85 BPM
- Label
- Reprise
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About this song
The song spent five weeks at the top of the Modern Rock Tracks chart. It is arguably Green Day's signature song from the years before American Idiot.
What it's about
The song is about Billie Joe Armstrong's struggles with anxiety. At the time he thought he was going crazy, years before he was diagnosed with a panic disorder.
Fun facts
- Sampled in 31 other songs, like “Huh by David0Mario”.
- Covered 21 times, including “Basket Case by Smile Empty Soul”.
- Written by Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt and Tré Cool.
- Produced by Rob Cavallo, Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt and Tré Cool.
- Recorded at Fantasy Studios.