Hitchin' a Ride (Green Day song)

"Hitchin' a Ride"
"Hitchin' a Ride"
Single by Green Day
from the album Nimrod
B-side	"Sick"; "Espionage";
Released	September 29, 1997
Studio	Conway (Hollywood, California)
Genre	Rock and roll; rockabilly; alternative rock; grunge;
Length	2:51
Label	Reprise
Composer(s)	Green Day
Lyricist(s)	Billie Joe Armstrong
Producer(s)	Rob Cavallo; Green Day;
Green Day singles chronology
Music video
	"Hitchin' A Ride" on YouTube

"Hitchin' a Ride" is a song by American rock band Green Day. It was released in September 1997 as the first single from their fifth album, Nimrod, and is the second track on the album. The single reached number five on the US Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart, number nine on the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart, and number 25 on the UK Singles Chart.

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).

^ ^a ^b "The 79 Best Alternative Rock Songs of 1997". April 25, 2017. Retrieved August 15, 2019.
^ GillianG. Gaar (October 28, 2009). Green Day: Rebels With a Cause. Omnibus Press. p. 157. ISBN 978-0-85712-059-5.
^ Strength, Reed (October 28, 2016). "Ranking Green Day's 12 Albums". Paste Magazine. Retrieved August 15, 2019.

[79_Alt-1] "The 79 Best Alternative Rock Songs of 1997". April 25, 2017. Retrieved August 15, 2019.

[Gaar2009-2] GillianG. Gaar (October 28, 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.

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