Walking Contradiction
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| "Walking Contradiction" | ||
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| Single by Green Day | ||
| from the album Insomniac | ||
| Released | 1996 | |
| Format | CD | |
| Recorded | 1995 | |
| Genre | Punk Rock | |
| Length | 2 minutes 30 seconds | |
| Label | Reprise | |
| Producer(s) | Rob Cavallo, Green Day | |
| Green Day singles chronology | ||
| "Brain Stew/Jaded" (1996) |
"Walking Contradiction" (1996) |
"Hitchin' a Ride" (1997) |
"Walking Contradiction" is the fifth and final single taken from Green Day's fourth album Insomniac. It was also on Green Day's greatest hits compilation, International Superhits!.
[edit] Meaning
The song is about being contradictory to yourself and others. This is perhaps best expressed in the chorus "I have no belief; But I believe I'm a walking contradiction..." That phrase is also, in itself, contradictory.
[edit] Music Video
The video, which was directed by Roman Coppola, features the three major members of Green Day going about in a town indirectly causing accidents, explosions, and all kinds of mayhem without realizing what they're doing. Needless to say a big disaster occurs when all three of them meet up at the end of the video.
The members all did their own stunts, and at first Billie Joe Armstrong was afraid to do the stunt work required for it. He was about to pull out until Tré Cool talked him into it.
This video is one of few music videos to have colored closed captioning, a practice that is rare in North America. The captioning appears on most modern televisions as green.
