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Hitchin' a Ride (Green Day song)

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B-side
  
"Sick" "Espionage"

Format
  
CD

Length
  
2:51

Released
  
September 22, 1997

Recorded
  
1997

Genre
  
Punk rock, alternative rock

"Hitchin' a Ride" is a song by American punk rock band Green Day. It was released as the first single from their fifth album, Nimrod.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Hitchin' a Ride"
  2. "Sick" (non-LP track)
  3. "Espionage" (instrumental; non-LP track) featuring horn arrangements by David Campbell
  • "Sick" is also known as "Sick of Me" on Shenanigans.

    • LP box set:

    A :

    1. "Hitchin' a Ride"
    2. "Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)"

    B :

    1. "Scattered"
    2. "Uptight"

    Reception

    PopMatters listed "Hitchin' a Ride" as the sixth best Green Day song, citing "Suiting its falling-off-the-wagon subject matter, "Hitchin’ a Ride" is a hellish yet exhilarating track that makes picking up a bottle look like probably not wisest idea one could have."

    Music video

    The music video for "Hitchin' a Ride" was directed by Mark Kohr, the director that Green Day had favored throughout the Dookie and Insomniac singles. Coherently with the subject of the song, the music video shows the band performing in a scenery reminiscent of Prohibition Era, amongst suggestive characters in costumes.

    "Hitchin' a Ride" can also be found on International Superhits! and Bullet in a Bible. The music video is included on International Supervideos!.

    References

    Hitchin' a Ride (Green Day song) Wikipedia
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