Wrong Way

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"Wrong Way"
"Wrong Way" cover
Song by Sublime
from the album Sublime
Released 1996-07-30
Recorded 1995 & 1996
Genre Ska
Length 2:16
Label MCA
Producer(s) Paul Leary & David Kahne
Sublime track listing
  1. "Garden Grove" – 4:21
  2. "What I Got" – 2:51
  3. "Wrong Way" – 2:16
  4. "Same in the End" – 2:37
  5. "April 29, 1992 (Miami)" – 3:53
  6. "Santeria" – 3:03
  7. "Seed" – 2:10
  8. "Jailhouse" – 4:53
  9. "Pawn Shop" – 6:06
  10. "Paddle Out" – 1:15
  11. "The Ballad of Johnny Butt" – 2:11
  12. "Burritos" – 3:55
  13. "Under My Voodoo" – 3:26
  14. "Get Ready" – 4:52
  15. "Caress Me Down" – 3:32
  16. "What I Got (Reprise)" – 3:02
  17. "Doin' Time" – 4:14

"Wrong Way" is a song from Sublime's self-titled third album which fits squarely within the punk rock-inspired third wave ska movement of the 1990s.

The lyrical content of the song refers to the life of a girl, named Annie, who was forced into prostitution by her family of "seven horny brothers" and her "drunk ass dad." She is soon rescued from a life of prostitution by the narrator of the song. A video was made soon after the band's lead singer, Bradley Nowell, died.

The songs lyrics, though likely a coincidence, bear a small resemblance to the film Natural Born Killers, and several aspects of the video seem to reinforce this, such as the "psychological backdrop" used in the car scenes.

The song was featured in the video game Aggressive Inline.

Richard Cheese and Lounge Against the Machine did a Lounge style version of this on his 2000 album called, "Lounge Against the Machine".

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Sublime
Bud Gaugh | Bradley Nowell | Eric Wilson
Discography
Jah Won't Pay the Bills | 40 Oz. to Freedom | Robbin' the Hood | Sublime | Second-hand Smoke | Stand by Your Van
Sublime Acoustic: Bradley Nowell & Friends | Greatest Hits | 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Sublime | Gold | Everything Under the Sun
Popular songs
"Date Rape" | "Smoke Two Joints" | "What I Got" | "Wrong Way" | "Doin' Time" | "Santeria" | "April 29, 1992 (Miami)"
Tributes and successive bands
Look at All the Love We Found | Forever Free | Long Beach Dub Allstars | Long Beach Shortbus