Josie (Everything's Gonna Be Fine)
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| Single by Blink-182 | ||
| from the album Dude Ranch | ||
| Released | 1998 | |
| Format | CD | |
| Recorded | 1997 | |
| Genre | Pop-punk | |
| Length | 3:19 | |
| Label | MCA Records | |
| Producer(s) | ?? | |
| Blink-182 singles chronology | ||
| "Dammit" (1997) |
"Josie" (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 and Ken Daurio
- 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 band members 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 (played by Jeremy Gunther
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.
[edit] Trivia
- The bands referred to in the song by initials ("and my girlfriend, likes UL and DHC.") are Unwritten Law and the Dance Hall Crashers.
- The song makes reference to Sombrero’s, a Southern California eatery and to the movie Vacation.
| Blink-182 |
| Travis Barker | Tom DeLonge | Mark Hoppus |
| Scott Raynor |
| Discography |
| Studio albums: Cheshire Cat | Dude Ranch | Enema of the State | Take off Your Pants and Jacket | Blink-182 |
| Demo tapes: Flyswatter | Buddha |
| Live Albums and compilations: The Mark, Tom, and Travis Show (The Enema Strikes Back!) | Greatest Hits |
| Videos and DVDs: The Urethra Chronicles | The Urethra Chronicles II: Harder Faster Faster Harder | Riding In Vans With Boys | Greatest Hits |
| Related articles |
| Box Car Racer | Transplants | +44 | Angels and Airwaves | Expensive Taste |
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