Hitchin' a Ride (Green Day song)

"Hitchin' a Ride"
Single by Green Day
from the album Nimrod
B-side
  • "Sick"
  • "Espionage"
ReleasedSeptember 29, 1997 (1997-09-29)
StudioConway (Hollywood, California)
Genre
Length2:51
LabelReprise
Composer(s)Green Day
Lyricist(s)Billie Joe Armstrong
Producer(s)
Green Day singles chronology
"Brain Stew / Jaded"
(1996)
"Hitchin' a Ride"
(1997)
"Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)"
(1997)
Music video
"Hitchin' A Ride" on YouTube

"Hitchin' a Ride" is a song by American rock band Green Day. It was released in September 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).

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