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Hitchin' a Ride (Green Day song)
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Wikipedia article
{{Infobox song
| name = Hitchin' a Ride
| cover = Green Day - Hitchin' a Ride cover.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Green Day
| album = Nimrod
| B-side =
| released =
| recorded =
| studio =
| venue =
| genre =
* Rock and roll
* rockabilly
* alternative rock
* grunge
| length = 2:51
| label = Reprise
| writer =
* Billie Joe Armstrong
* Mike Dirnt
* Tr Cool
| producer =
* Rob Cavallo
* Green Day
| prev_title = Walking Contradiction
| prev_year = 1996
| next_title = Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)
| next_year = 1997
| misc =
}}
"'Hitchin' a Ride'" is a song by American rock band Green Day. It was released in August 1997 as the first single from their fifth album, 'Nimrod', and is the second track on the album. The single reached number five on the US 'Billboard' Modern Rock Tracks chart, number nine on the 'Billboard' Mainstream Rock chart, and number 25 on the UK Singles Chart.
The song was later featured as the fourteenth track on their 'International Superhits!' (2001) and as the eighth track off of 'God's Favorite Band' (2017).
Reception
PopMatters listed "Hitchin' a Ride" as the sixth best Green Day song, citing "Suiting its falling-off-the-wagon subject matter, "Hitchin a Ride" is a hellish yet exhilarating track that makes picking up a bottle look like probably not wisest idea one could have."
Music video
The music video for "Hitchin' a Ride" was directed by Mark Kohr, the director that Green Day had favored throughout the 'Dookie' and 'Insomniac' singles. Coherently with the subject of the song, the music video shows the band performing in a scenery reminiscent of prohibition era, amongst suggestive characters in costumes.
"Hitchin' a Ride" can also be found on 'International Superhits!', 'Bullet in a Bible' and 'Greatest Hits: God's Favorite Band'. The music video is included on 'International Supervideos!'.
Track listings
#"Hitchin' a Ride"
#"Sick of Me" (non-LP track)
#"Espionage" (non-LP track)
'LP box set'
A-side:
# "Hitchin' a Ride"
# "Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)"
B-side:
# "Scattered"
# "Uptight"
Charts
Release history
See also
* List of 'RPM' Rock/Alternative number-one singles (Canada)
References
Category:1997 singles
Category:1997 songs
Category:American rock-and-roll songs
Category:Green Day songs
Category:Grunge songs
Category:Rockabilly songs
Category:Songs about alcohol
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