Warning (Green Day song)

"Warning"
Single by Green Day
from the album Warning
B-side "Suffocate" (7")
Released December 11, 2000
Format
Recorded 2000
Genre Folk punk[1]
Length 3:41
Label Reprise
Writer(s) Billie Joe Armstrong
Producer(s) Green Day
Green Day singles chronology
"Minority"
(2000)		 "Warning"
(2000)		 "Waiting"
(2001)

"Warning" is a song by the American punk rock band Green Day. It is the second single and title track from their sixth album, Warning.

Billie Joe Armstrong has said that the original concept was to create a song whose lyrics were made up of all signs and labels, and the idea grew from there.

The song was a number three modern rock hit in the US and entered the Billboard Hot 100. The song also made it into the Top 40 of the UK Singles Chart in the UK.

Music video

The music video for "Warning" premiered on MTV in January 2001. It was directed by Francis Lawrence and shows the life of a young adult in his early twenties who does dangerous, socially unacceptable and trivial things during his day. His punch-in card reveals his name to be John Earle.

The list of things he does, in order, are:

  1. Stretching in front of the window in only his underwear
  2. Ripping the "Do Not Remove" tag from his mattress
  3. Applying soap into his eyes
  4. Swallowing toothpaste
  5. Running with scissors
  6. Drinking out-of-date milk
  7. Leaving his electrical appliances on before leaving the house
  8. Staring directly at the sun
  9. Driving whilst talking on his cellphone and holding a cup of coffee in the other hand, and not having the seat belt on
  10. Eating before going swimming
  11. Eating food off the floor
  12. Diving into the swimming pool
  13. Running around the edge of the pool barefooted
  14. Obscuring his car windshield, leaving his keys in the ignition and car door open as he checks into work
  15. Overdosing on cough medicine before work
  16. Eating a candy bar whilst working in a factory
  17. Saying to a young female co-worker "nice ass" as she bends over
  18. Jaywalking
  19. Crossing a police "Do Not Cross" line and walking through a police shootout
  20. Pressing his face against a microwave as a burrito is cooking
  21. Eating with oily,unclean hands
  22. Drinks more cough medicine
  23. Operating a crane whilst appearing drowsy and lethargic
  24. Jogging while wearing dark clothing at night
  25. Running in the middle of the street
  26. Accepting candy from a stranger in a car
  27. Littering
  28. Eating raw, uncooked chicken
  29. Staring at a TV screen with his nose mere inches away
  30. Clock is at the wrong time.

Track listing

CD 1

  1. "Warning" (Album Version)
  2. "Scumbag
  3. "I Don't Want to Know If You Are Lonely" (originally performed by Hüsker Dü)

CD 2

  1. "Warning" (Album Version)
  2. "Outsider" (originally performed by the Ramones)
  3. "Suffocate"

Limited Edition Card Sleeve Version

  1. "Warning" (Album Version)
  2. "Scumbag"

Warning/Minority AU Single

  1. "Warning"
  2. "Minority"
  3. "Scumbag"
  4. "Outsider" (originally performed by the Ramones)

7" Adeline

Side A

  1. "Warning"

Side B

  1. "Scumbag"
  2. "Outsider" (originally performed by the Ramones)

7" Reprise

Side A

  1. "Warning"

Side B

  1. "Suffocate"

Chart positions

Chart Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[2] 19
New Zealand (RIANZ)[2] 37
Poland (Polish Airplay Charts)[3] 12
UK (UK Singles Chart)[4] 27
US (Alternative Songs)[5] 3
US (Billboard Hot 100) 114

References

  1. ↑ Sal Cinquemani (11 November 2001). "Green Day International Superhits! - Album Review - Slant Magazine". Slant Magazine. Retrieved October 13, 2015.
  2. 1 2 Steffen Hung. "Green Day - Warning". australian-charts.com. Retrieved 2013-03-17.
  3. ↑ "Poland: Airplay Chart - Lista Krajowa 04/2001" Retrieved September 4, 2015.
  4. ↑ "ChartArchive - Green Day". Chartstats.com. 2013-03-11. Archived from the original on 2012-07-24. Retrieved 2013-03-17.
  5. ↑ "Green Day - Chart history". Billboard. Retrieved 2013-03-17.

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