Walking Contradiction

"Walking Contradiction" is a song by American rock band Green Day, released as a promotional single from their fourth album Insomniac. Also the closing track on the album, the song reached number 21 on the Modern Rock Tracks in August 1996. The riff of this song was used as the guitar solo for "Haushinka" on the demo version on their previous album Dookie (with the final version of the song appearing on their follow-up album Nimrod).

Track listing

 * 1) "Walking Contradiction" (radio edit) – 2:31

Music video
Directed by Roman Coppola and mostly filmed in San Pedro, Los Angeles, California, the video features the trio going about in a town casually causing accidents, explosions, and mayhem, unaware of their actions. At the end of the video, they all meet up with each other, get into a car and drive off, just as a building collapses. At one point in the video, you can see what seems to be the corner of Stuart Street and Telegraph Avenue, which is an area that inspired the song Stuart and the Ave. The music video received a Grammy nomination for "Best Music Video, Short Form" at the 39th Grammy Awards in 1997.

Other versions

 * A live version appears on the 1996 Green Day live EP, Bowling Bowling Bowling Parking Parking.
 * Cheekface recorded a cover version for the 2020 charity album Jesus Christ Supermarket: A Compilation to Celebrate 25 Years of Green Day’s Insomniac. The compilation's title references a title that was considered for Insomniac, but not used.