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| "Basket Case" | ||||
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| Single by Green Day | ||||
| from the album Dookie | ||||
| Released | August 1, 1994 | |||
| Recorded | September–October 1993 | |||
| Studio | Fantasy (Berkeley, California) | |||
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| Length | 3:01 | |||
| Label | Reprise | |||
| Composer(s) | Green Day | |||
| Lyricist(s) | Billie Joe Armstrong | |||
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| Music video | ||||
| "Basket Case" on YouTube | ||||
"Basket Case" is a song by rock band Green Day, released on August 1, 1994 by Reprise Records as the second single from the band's third studio album, Dookie (1994). The song spent five weeks at the top of the US Billboard Alternative Songs chart and garnered a Grammy Award nomination in the category for Best Rock Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group.[1] Its music video was directed by Mark Kohr and filmed in an abandoned mental institution in California. In 2001, the song appeared on their greatest hits album International Superhits!. In 2021, "Basket Case" was ranked number 150 in Rolling Stone's updated list of the "500 Greatest Songs of All Time".[2] As of March 2024, "Basket Case" is the most streamed song by the band on Spotify (exempting remixes and alternate versions), with over 1 billion streams.
- ^ Strauss, Neil. "'94 Grammy Nominations: Not Just the Familiar". The New York Times. January 6, 1995.
- ^ "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time". Rolling Stone. September 15, 2021. Archived from the original on September 15, 2021. Retrieved September 19, 2021.