"Basket Case" is a song by Green Day from their 1994 hit album Dookie. After the single was released in January 1995, the song ended up being a huge hit. The song was written by frontman Billie Joe Armstrong about his struggle with anxiety; before he was diagnosed with a panic disorder, he thought he was going crazy.^{[citation needed]} The music video, featuring the band members in a mental institution, received heavy airplay on MTV.^{[citation needed]} This song and its music video helped propel Dookie to become a major success among most mainstream rock listeners.^{[citation needed]} Dookie went on to become a multi-platinum album featuring this song as well as hit singles "Longview", "When I Come Around", "Welcome to Paradise" and "She". Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (695x685, 290 KB) Summary Cover of the Green Day single Basket Case. 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In 1995, Green Day was nominated for a Grammy for Best Rock Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group for "Basket Case".

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Music Video

This was the third music video by Green Day, and it was directed by Mark Kohr. The video was shot in an actual mental institution, at the request of the band members. The mental institution had since been abandoned, but most of the structure remained in a broken-down state. The band members found deep scratches in the walls and dental molds scattered around. The music video was actually shot in black and white and the color was added in later, contributing to the surreal effect of the video. The video was nominated for multiple MTV Video Music Awards in 1995: Video of the Year, Best Group Video, Best Hard Rock Video, Best Alternative Video, Breakthrough Video, Best Direction, Best Editing, Best Cinematography, and Viewer's Choice Award.^[1] The music video also had a mash-up on MTV with Nelly's Country Grammar called "Country Basket". The tone or style of this article or section may not be appropriate for Wikipedia. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Country Grammar is the debut album of rap artist Nelly. ...

Covers and other references

• The song was covered by The Moog Cookbook, Avril Lavigne (for her Try To Shut Me Up Tour), Dilana, Elysium, Freefaller, Rex Goudie (for his "Look Closer Tour") and the Japanese punk rock band Nicotine. The Offspring also covered the first 39 seconds of the song, seemingly for fun. Another cover was by the Stanford Harmonics collegiate a capella group, who played the song entirely on pitch pipes- the only instrument used in a capella. Puffy AmiYumi also covered the song as a bonus track on the Japanese edition of their new album Splurge. Nana Kitade has also covered the song on her album, I scream

• Later on, "Weird Al" Yankovic used Basket Case as the closing song in the polka medley "The Alternative Polka", from Bad Hair Day.

• Dale Oliver from Total Nonstop Action Wrestling made a ripoff of this song for Phi Delta Slam.

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In popular culture

• At the "Edit Gametypes" menu on the multiplayer of Halo: Combat Evolved, there is a line from "Basket Case".

• The music video has been "reviewed" on Beavis and Butthead.

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Track listing

CD1

1. "Basket Case" (3:01)
2. "On The Wagon" (non-LP track) (2:48)
3. "Tired Of Waiting For You" (non-LP Track, Kinks cover) (2:30)
4. "409 In Your Coffeemaker" (unmixed) - (2:49)
   • not the same as 1039 Smoothed Out Slappy Hours version

CD2

1. "Basket Case" (3:01)
2. "Longview" (live) (3:30)
3. "Burnout" (live) (2:11)
4. "2,000 Light Years Away" (live) (2:49)

• (live tracks recorded March 11, 1994 at Jannus Landing, St. Petersburg, Florida)

Chart positions

See also

• Nana Kitade's abum I Scream.
• Puffy AmiYumi's album Splurge.
• List of songs about mental illness

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Footnotes

1. ^ Rock on the Net: MTV Video Music Award History

External links

• Song Review , All Music Guide