Basket Case (song)
| "Basket Case" | ||||
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One of the artworks used for commercial overseas releases | ||||
| Single by Green Day | ||||
| from the album Dookie | ||||
| B-side | "On The Wagon" "409 in Your Coffee Maker" | |||
| Released | August 1, 1994 | |||
| Recorded | September–October 1993 | |||
| Studio | Fantasy (Berkeley, California) | |||
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| Length | 3:01 | |||
| Label | Reprise | |||
| Composer | Green Day | |||
| Lyricist | Billie Joe Armstrong | |||
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| Music video | ||||
| "Basket Case" on YouTube | ||||
"Basket Case" is a song by the American 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. 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".