Hitchin' a Ride (Green Day song)

"Hitchin' a Ride"
Single by Green Day
from the album Nimrod
B-side	"Sick" "Espionage"
Released	September 22, 1997
Format	CD
Recorded	1997
Genre	Punk rock, alternative rock
Length	2:51
Label	Reprise
Writer(s)	Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt, and Tré Cool
Producer(s)	Rob Cavallo and Green Day
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

"Hitchin' a Ride" is a song by American punk rock band Green Day. It was released as the first single from their fifth album, Nimrod.

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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."

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! and Bullet in a Bible. The music video is included on International Supervideos!.

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