"Walking Contradiction" is a song by American rock band Green Day, released as a promotional single in 1996 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.[ Billboard Chart History] The riff of this song originally appeared as the guitar solo for a demo version of "Haushinka", recorded but unused on previous album Dookie. "Haushinka" would eventually appear on their follow-up album, Nimrod.
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. The music video received a Grammy nomination for "Best Music Video, Short Form" at the 39th Grammy Awards in 1997.http://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/1997/grammys.htm Retrieved October 3rd 2012.
The video uses a different mix of the song done by Steve Holroyd
Chart positions Chart (1996)Peakposition
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.
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