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1994 single by Green Day

"Basket Case" is a song by rock band Green Day, released on August 1, 1994 by Reprise Records as the second single from the band's third studio album, Dookie (1994). The song spent five weeks at the top of the US Billboard Alternative Songs chart and garnered a Grammy Award nomination in the category for Best Rock Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group. Its music video was directed by Mark Kohr and filmed in an abandoned mental institution in California. In 2001, the song appeared on their greatest hits album International Superhits!. In 2021, "Basket Case" was ranked number 150 in Rolling Stones updated list of the "500 Greatest Songs of All Time". As of March 2024, "Basket Case" is the most streamed song by the band on Spotify (exempting remixes and alternate versions), with over 1 billion streams.

Green Day vocalist/guitarist Billie Joe Armstrong said "Basket Case" is about his struggle with anxiety; before he was diagnosed with a panic disorder years afterward, he thought he was going crazy. Armstrong commented that at the time, "The only way I could know what the hell was going on was to write a song about it." "Basket Case" was one of the songs producer Rob Cavallo heard when he received Green Day's demo tape. He ended up signing the band to Reprise Records in mid 1993. Green Day and Cavallo recorded the version of "Basket Case" released on the trio's major label debut Dookie between September and October 1993 at Fantasy Studios in Berkeley, California. In April 2021, Armstrong revealed in his book Welcome to My Panic that he wrote the song whilst on speed.

"Basket Case", is a punk rock and pop punk song, performed in the key of E flat. The song's chord progression closely mirrors that of Pachelbel's Canon.

"Basket Case" was the second single released from Dookie, following "Longview". It peaked at number one on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart, a position it maintained for five weeks. In his weekly UK chart commentary, James Masterton wrote, "Something of an instant classic [ ] it is certainly one of the most alternative Top 10 smash since Radiohead's "Creep". As to where it goes next it is hard to tell but it could potentially open the door for a flood of the post Nirvana young American rock bands who are currently making waves on the other side of the Atlantic." Andrew Mueller from Melody Maker commented, "Green Day themselves are an enthusiastically rockin' kind of act who've learnt a neat trick or two from The Buzzcocks and The Ramones and are the sort of band I'm regrettably likely to think are the future of rock'n'roll if I've drunk enough to stun an ox." A reviewer from Music Week gave the song three out of five, describing it as "the Generation X flag wavers' splenetic slice of Bay Area punk". John Mulvey from NME wrote, "Long time heroes of the US skatepunk scene. Green Day are These Animal Men without the crap Brit mod trappings and with slightly better songs. Bouncy, a bit fraggly and a bit annoying, but there are worse things in the world. Like 'Speed King', for starters." Upon the re release, another NME editor, Andy Richardson, praised it as "an irresistible punk snort, a ripping three minute blast or the ultimate good mood record to play before you go out, depending which way you look at it." Paul Evans from Rolling Stone declared it as a "rave up", noting that Green Day's lyrics "score graffiti hits". Charles Aaron from Spin ranked "Basket Case" number 19 in his list of the "Top 20 Singles of the Year" in December 1994. Troy J. Augusto from Variety called it "psycho rave".

The accompanying music video for "Basket Case" was directed by Mark Kohr. It was filmed in an actual mental institution called Agnews Developmental Center in Santa Clara County, California, at the request of the band members. The mental institution had been abandoned, but most of the structure remained in a broken down state. The band members found old patient files, deep scratches in the walls and dental molds scattered around. The video frequently references the films One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and Brazil. The video was originally filmed in monochrome with the colors painstakingly added in later, hence the over saturated, surreal look. The video was nominated for nine MTV Video Music Awards in 1995: Video of the Year, Best Group Video, Best Metal/Hard Rock Video, Best Alternative Video, Breakthrough Video, Best Direction, Best Editing, Best Cinematography, and Viewer's Choice Award. The video did not win in any of the categories it was nominated for. The video for "Basket Case" was later published on Green Day's official YouTube channel in October 2009. It has amassed more than 339 million views as of January 2024. In February 2024, the video was remastered in 4K.

In 2006, on Mike Davies and Zane Lowe's Lock Up Special on BBC Radio 1, the listeners voted "Basket Case" the Greatest Punk Song of All Time. In 2009, it was named the 33rd best hard rock song of all time by VH1. In 2021, Kerrang ranked the song number three on their list of the 20 greatest Green Day songs, while it was ranked number 150 in Rolling Stones "500 Greatest Songs of All Time" that same year. As of February 2024, it is the most streamed song by the band on Spotify (exempting remixes and alternate versions), with over 1 billion streams.

"Weird Al" Yankovic featured "Basket Case" in his 1996 polka medley "The Alternative Polka" from Bad Hair Day. In August 2017, the English band Bastille released a version of the song for the Peter Serafinowicz series The Tick. Unfortunately, the song was never used in the show. The song has also been covered and released as a promotional single by Avril Lavigne, who performed the song during her first headlining tour, the Try to Shut Me Up Tour. In 2024, It was added to Fortnite in Fortnite Festival as a jam track alongside "Welcome to Paradise" and "When I Come Around". The song was featured in the video game BMX XXX.

RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)Ref. (Reference)United States1994RadioRepriseUnited KingdomAugust 1, 19947 inch vinyl, CD, cassetteUnited Kingdom (re release)January 16, 1995JapanJune 25, 1995CD