Basket Case (song)

"Basket Case"
One of artworks used for commercial overseas releases
Single by Green Day
from the album Dookie
ReleasedAugust 1, 1994 (1994-08-01)
RecordedSeptember–October 1993
StudioFantasy (Berkeley, California)
Genre
Length3:01
LabelReprise
Composer(s)Green Day
Lyricist(s)Billie Joe Armstrong
Producer(s)
Green Day singles chronology
"Longview"
(1994)
"Basket Case"
(1994)
"Welcome to Paradise"
(1994)
Music video
"Basket Case" on YouTube

"Basket Case" is a song by rock band Green Day, released on August 1, 1994 by Reprise Records as the second single from the band's third studio album, Dookie (1994). The song spent five weeks at the top of the US Billboard Alternative Songs chart and garnered a Grammy Award nomination in the category for Best Rock Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group.[1] Its music video was directed by Mark Kohr and filmed in an abandoned mental institution in California. In 2001, the song appeared on their greatest hits album International Superhits!. In 2021, "Basket Case" was ranked number 150 in Rolling Stone's updated list of the "500 Greatest Songs of All Time".[2]

  1. ^ Strauss, Neil. "'94 Grammy Nominations: Not Just the Familiar". The New York Times. January 6, 1995.
  2. ^ "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time". Rolling Stone. September 15, 2021. Archived from the original on September 15, 2021. Retrieved September 19, 2021.