Brain Stew / Jaded

"Brain Stew" / "Jaded"
Single by Green Day
from the album Insomniac
B-side
  • "Do Da Da"
  • "Good Riddance"
ReleasedJuly 3, 1996 (1996-07-03)
Recorded1995
StudioHyde Street Studios, San Francisco, California
Genre
Length
  • 3:13 ("Brain Stew")
  • 1:30 ("Jaded")
  • 4:43 (both songs combined)
LabelReprise
Composer(s)Green Day
Lyricist(s)Billie Joe Armstrong
Producer(s)
Green Day singles chronology
"Stuck with Me"
(1995) 		"Brain Stew" / "Jaded"
(1996) 		"Hitchin' A Ride"
(1997)
Music video
"Brain Stew/Jaded" on YouTube

"Brain Stew" and "Jaded" are two songs released as a joint single by American rock band Green Day. They appear as the tenth and eleventh tracks and third and final single from the group's fourth studio album, Insomniac. The song was also included on Godzilla: The Album. The two songs were released as one single, as the songs are transitional – "Brain Stew" segues directly into "Jaded". After 9/11, "Brain Stew" was placed on Clear Channel's list of post-9/11 inappropriate titles. The song "Brain Stew" is about vocalist/guitarist Billie Joe Armstrong dealing with insomnia. According to Armstrong himself, "Brain Stew" was originally called "Insomniac" on demo (hence the title of the album on which it is featured),[7] and "Brain Stew" is a reference to Armstrong's long-time friend, James Washburn, who is nicknamed Brain Stew.[8]

There is also a limited edition CD single of the two songs in which the disc is in the shape of a brain.

One of the B-sides has an early version of the song "Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)", with the song having a more sarcastic tone than the original.

Both "Brain Stew" and "Jaded" were included on the band's first greatest hits album International Superhits!. However, only "Brain Stew" was included on the band's second greatest hits album God's Favorite Band and is the only song off of Insomniac to be included.

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