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“Walking Contradiction” by Green Day
From the album Insomniac (1995)
“Walking Contradiction” by Green Day appears on 6 radio countdowns from 5 stations between 1996 and 2002. It was first released in 1995 on the album Insomniac. Its best result is #58 on the Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1996. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #165 alternative song of 1996 and #3,431 alternative song of all time.
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"Walking Contradiction" closes Insomniac, Green Day's fourth album, from 1995, and it went out as a promotional single the following year. Its riff had a past life: it first turned up as the guitar solo on an unused demo of "Haushinka" from the Dookie sessions, a song that finally surfaced on Nimrod. Here it drives a tight, wiry punk blast, Billie Joe Armstrong and Mike Dirnt sharing the vocals while Tré Cool pounds away. Rob Cavallo produced it with the band, and Jerry Finn mixed it.
Roman Coppola directed the video, shot mostly in San Pedro, which has the trio strolling through town causing accidents, explosions and chaos without ever noticing, then driving off as a building comes down. It earned a Grammy nomination for Best Music Video, Short Form.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 78 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1996 | 107 |
| 1996 | 58 | Q101 Chicago, IL | Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1996 | 101 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 542 | Q101 | Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 1017 |
| 1999 | 286 | 107.7 The End | The End Top 1077 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 1077 |
| 1999 | 611 | CFNY 102.1 The Edge | CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (November 1999) | 1002 |
| 2002 | 1951 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) | 2002 |
Also listed as: Walking Contradiciton.
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