Josie (Everything's Gonna Be Fine)

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"Josie (Everything's Gonna Be Fine)"

Single by blink-182
from the album Dude Ranch
Released	1997
Format	CD
Recorded	1997
Genre	Pop-punk
Length	3:19
Label	MCA Records
Producer(s)	??
blink-182 singles chronology
"Dammit (Growing Up)" (1997)	"Josie (Everything's Gonna Be Fine)" (1997)	"Apple Shampoo" (1997)

"Josie (Everything's Gonna Be Fine)" is a song by the pop-punk band, blink-182 from their 1997 album Dude Ranch. Mark Hoppus, who plays the bass guitar and sings, wrote this song about how a perfect girlfriend would be for him. This girlfriend is make-believe rather than an actual person. The character portrayed on the song, a woman named Josie, is recalled on the song "Online Songs" from their 2001 album Take off Your Pants and Jacket.

[edit] Track listing

"Josie"
"Wasting Time"
"Carousel"
"I Won't Be Home For Christmas"

[edit] Music video

Directed by: Darren Doane
Year released: late 1997/early 1998
Song is featured on the MCA Records release Dude Ranch

Two versions of this video were produced. The first featured the band playing in a basement that was quickly flooding with water. As bandmembers Mark, Tom, and Scott were unhappy with the way the video turned out, it has never been released.

The second, released, video involves Mark, back at high school, desperately trying to tell a girl (played by Alyssa Milano) that he loves her. Things don’t go his way, and he screws up by telling a fat kid that he loves him instead. In the end Mark gets her attention and gets a ride with the fat guy.

At one stage in the video, a poster saying “Grand Moff Tarkin for school President” appears. This is a reference to a character in the popular Star Wars series. It appears as a result of an obsession with Star Wars shared by Mark and a member of the film crew.