Hitchin' a Ride (Green Day song)

"Hitchin' a Ride" is a song by American rock band Green Day. It was released on September 22, 1997 as the first single from their fifth album Nimrod and is the second track on the album.

Not to be confused with Hitchin' a Ride (Vanity Fare song).
"Hitchin' a Ride"
Single by Green Day
from the album Nimrod
B-side
  • "Sick of Me"
  • "Espionage"
ReleasedSeptember 22, 1997
Recorded1997
Genre
Length2:51
LabelReprise
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Green Day singles chronology
"Walking Contradiction"
(1996)		 "Hitchin' a Ride"
(1997)		 "Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)"
(1997)
Music video
"Hitchin' A Ride" on YouTube

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).

Track listing
  1. "Hitchin' a Ride"
  2. "Sick of Me" (non-LP track)
  3. "Espionage" (non-LP track)

LP box set:

A side:

  1. "Hitchin' a Ride"
  2. "Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)"

B side:

  1. "Scattered"
  2. "Uptight"

Reception

PopMatters listed "Hitchin' a Ride" as the sixth best Green Day song, citing "Suiting its falling-off-the-wagon subject matter, "Hitchin’ a Ride" is a hellish yet exhilarating track that makes picking up a bottle look like probably not wisest idea one could have."[4]

Music video

The music video for "Hitchin' a Ride" was directed by Mark Kohr, the director that Green Day had favored throughout the Dookie and Insomniac singles. Coherently with the subject of the song, the music video shows the band performing in a scenery reminiscent of prohibition era, amongst suggestive characters in costumes.

"Hitchin' a Ride" can also be found on International Superhits!, Bullet in a Bible and Greatest Hits: God's Favorite Band. The music video is included on International Supervideos!.

Chart positions
Chart (1997) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[5] 26
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[6] 23
Canada Rock/Alternative (RPM)[7] 1
UK Singles (OCC)[8] 25
US Radio Songs (Billboard)[9] 59
US Mainstream Rock (Billboard)[10] 9
US Alternative Airplay (Billboard)[11] 5

See also

References
  1. "The 79 Best Alternative Rock Songs of 1997". April 25, 2017. Retrieved August 15, 2019.
  2. GillianG. Gaar (28 October 2009). Green Day: Rebels With a Cause. Omnibus Press. p. 157. ISBN 978-0-85712-059-5.
  3. Strength, Reed (October 28, 2016). "Ranking Green Day's 12 Albums". Paste Magazine. Retrieved August 15, 2019.
  4. AJ Ramirez. "Nice Guys Finish Last: The Top 15 Green Day Songs". PopMatters. Retrieved 2013-05-25.
  5. "Australian-charts.com – Green Day – Hitchin' a Ride". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved November 13, 2016.
  6. "Top RPM Singles: Issue 3362." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved November 13, 2016.
  7. "Top RPM Rock/Alternative Tracks: Issue 7914." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved November 13, 2016.
  8. "Green Day: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved November 13, 2016.
  9. "Green Day Chart History (Radio Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved November 13, 2016.
  10. "Green Day Chart History (Mainstream Rock)". Billboard. Retrieved November 13, 2016.
  11. "Green Day Chart History (Alternative Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved November 13, 2016.
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