- Warning (Green Day song)
Single infobox
Name = Warning
Artist =Green Day
from Album = Warning
Released = December 11, 2000
Format = CD
Recorded = 2000
Genre =Alternative rock
Length = 3:42
Label = Reprise
Producer = Rob Cavallo
Chart position = * #3 (US Modern Rock)
* #24 (US Mainstream Rock)
* #27 (UK)
* #19 (Australia)
* #37 (New Zealand)
Last single = "Minority"
(2000)
This single = "Warning"
(2000)
Next single = "Waiting"
(2001)|"Warning" is a single from, and the
title track of,Green Day 's2000 album "Warning".The lyrics of this song promote "living without warning."
Billie Joe Armstrong has said that the original concept was to create a song whose lyrics were made up of all signs and labels and, the idea grew from there.The song did not chart on the
Billboard Hot 100 , although it appeared on theBubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart. The single also made it into the Top 40 of theUK Singles Chart in theUnited Kingdom .The bass riff is adapted from the song "Picture Book" by
The Kinks .Track listing
CD 1:
#Warning (Album Version)
#Scumbag
#Don't Want to Know If You Are Lonely (Hüsker Dü cover)CD 2:
#Warning (Album Version)
#Outsider (Ramones cover)
#SuffocateWarning / Minority AU Single:
#Warning
#Minority
#Scumbag
#Outsider (Ramones cover)7" Adeline:
Side A.
#Warning"Side B."
#Scumbag
#Outsider (Ramones cover)7" Reprise:
Side A.
#Warning"Side B."
#SuffocateMusic Video
The music video, directed by
Francis Lawrence , pushes the point across by showing a character who violates many warnings in our society, such as:
*pulling the "do not remove" tag from hismattress ,
*stretching out inunderwear in front of his window,
*puttingshampoo in his eyes,
*sticking ear swabs into the ear canal (Q-Tip boxes advise against this, as it could lead to "ear damage"),
*swallowingtoothpaste ,
*drinking spoiledmilk ,
*running withscissors ,
*leavingtoast in thetoaster ,
*uses ablender usingTupperware as the top,
*turning on theoven , then leaving the house,
*not closing the front door of his house when he leaves,
*looking directly at thesun ,
*leaving the house when thesiren 's sounding,
*driving with his knees while holding acellphone in one hand and a cup ofcoffee in the other,
*eating by theswimming pool then goingswimming ,
*eating food that has fallen to the ground,
*ignoring the "no running" sign and running around the pool,
*operating machinery under the influence of cold medication,
*saying to a female co-worker nice ass,
*leaving thecar open and with the key in the ignition,
*running through rush hour traffic
*crossing a police line, and subsequently getting shot at,
*looking at food when it's in themicrowave ,
*eatingfood with oily unclean hands.
*running in the middle of the street at night and while wearing black,
*acceptingcandy from a stranger,
*littering
*eating raw chicken,
*looking directly into aTV set at close range,
*not changing hisunderwear
*clock that is at the wrong time.One warning they failed to violate was when the character is working, he would always wear a safety hat.
Scenes of the band playing in the character's kitchen are shown in between each of these violations.
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