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"Warning"
Single by Green Day
from the album Warning
Released	December 11, 2000
Format	CD
Recorded	2000
Genre	Alternative rock
Length	3:43
Label	Reprise
Producer	Rob Cavallo
Green Day singles chronology

"Warning" is a single from, and the title track of, Green Day's 2000 album Warning.

Billie Joe Armstrong has said that the original concept was to create a song whose lyrics were made up of all signs and labels and, the idea grew from there.

The single was a number three modern rock hit in the US and "bubbled under" the Billboard Hot 100. The single also made it into the Top 40 of the UK Singles Chart in the UK.

The bass riff is adapted from the song "Picture Book" by The Kinks from the album The Kinks are the Village Green Preservation Society.

The song is in the key of A major.

[edit] Track listing

CD 1

Warning (Album Version)
Scumbag
Don't Want to Know If You Are Lonely (Hüsker Dü cover)

CD 2

Warning (Album Version)
Outsider (Ramones cover)
Suffocate

Warning / Minority AU Single

Warning
Minority
Scumbag
Outsider (Ramones cover)

7" Adeline

Side A.

Warning

Side B.

Scumbag
Outsider (Ramones cover)

7" Reprise

Side A.

Warning

Side B.

Suffocate

[edit] Music video

The music video, directed by Francis Lawrence, pushes the point across by showing a character who violates many warnings in our society, such as:

pulling the "do not remove" tag from his mattress,
stretching out in underwear in front of his window,
putting shampoo in his eyes,
sticking ear swabs into the ear canal (Q-Tip boxes advise against this, as it could lead to "ear damage"),
swallowing toothpaste,
drinking spoiled milk,
running with scissors,
leaving toast in the toaster,
uses a blender using Tupperware as the top,
turning on the oven, then leaving the house,
not closing the front door of his house when he leaves,
looking directly at the sun,
leaving the house when the siren's sounding,
driving with his knees while holding a cellphone in one hand and a cup of coffee in the other,
eating by the swimming pool then going swimming,
eating food that has fallen to the ground,
ignoring the "no running" sign and running around the pool,
operating machinery under the influence of cold medication,
saying to a female co-worker nice ass,
leaving the car open and with the key in the ignition,
running through rush hour traffic
crossing a police line, and subsequently getting shot at,
looking at food when it's in the microwave,
eating food with oily unclean hands.
running in the middle of the street,
running at night and while wearing black,
accepting candy from a stranger,
littering
eating raw chicken,
looking directly into a TV set at close range,
not changing his underwear
clock that is at the wrong time.

Scenes of the band playing in the character's kitchen are shown in between each of these violations.