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1997 single by Green Day From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"Hitchin' a Ride" is a song by American rock band Green Day. It was released in September 1997 as the first single from their fifth album, Nimrod, and is the second track on the album. The single reached number five on the US Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart, number nine on the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart, and number 25 on the UK Singles Chart.
"Hitchin' a Ride" | ||||
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Single by Green Day | ||||
from the album Nimrod | ||||
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Released | September 29, 1997 | |||
Studio | Conway (Hollywood, California) | |||
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Length | 2:51 | |||
Label | Reprise | |||
Composer(s) | Green Day | |||
Lyricist(s) | Billie Joe Armstrong | |||
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Music video | ||||
"Hitchin' A Ride" on YouTube |
The song was later featured as the fourteenth track on their International Superhits! (2001) and as the eighth track off of God's Favorite Band (2017).
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."[4]
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!, Bullet in a Bible and Greatest Hits: God's Favorite Band. The music video is included on International Supervideos!.
LP box set
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Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Canada (Music Canada)[15] | Gold | 40,000‡ |
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. |
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