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UptightGreen Day

Released: October 14, 1997

Songwriter: Billie Joe Armstrong

Producer: Rob Cavallo Green Day

[Verse 1]
I woke up on the wrong side of the floor
Made, made my way through the front door
Broke my engagement with myself
Perfect picture of bad health
Another notch scratched on my belt
The future just ain't what it used to be

[Verse 2]
I got a new start on a dead end road
Peaked, peaked out on reaching new lows
Owed, I paid off all my debts to myself
Perfect picture of bad health
Another notch scratched on my belt
The future's in my living room

[Chorus]
Uptight, I'm a nag with a gun, yeah
All night, suicide's last call, I've been
Uptight all night, I'm a son of a gun
Uptight, I'm a nag with a gun, yeah
All night, suicide's last call, I've been
Uptight all night, I'm a son of a gun

[Instrumental Break]

[Chorus]
Uptight, I'm a nag with a gun, yeah
All night, suicide's last call, I've been
Uptight all night, I'm a son of a gun
Uptight, I'm a nag with a gun, yeah
All night, suicide's last call, I've been
Uptight all night, I'm a son of a gun
Uptight, I'm a nag with a gun, yeah
All night, suicide's last call, I've been
Uptight all night, I'm a son of a gun
Uptight, I'm a nag with a gun, yeah
All night, suicide's last call, I've been
Uptight all night, I'm a son of a gun

Green Day

Formed in East Bay, California in 1986 and still going strong today, Green Day is one of the biggest punk rock acts in the world. Along with other punk bands in California such as The Offspring, Sublime, Bad Religion and Rancid, they have been credited with popularizing and reviving mainstream interest in punk rock in the U.S. in the 90s.

First starting in 1986 as Sweet Children, longtime friends Billie Joe Armstrong (guitar and lead vocalist) and Mike Dirnt (bass guitar) teamed up with John Kiffmeyer to produce their debut EP 1,000 Hours. They eventually dropped the name Sweet Children and called themselves Green Day due to the band members' fondness for cannabis (it even inspired a song featured on their first album) and for their second studio album Kerplunk they replaced Kiffmeyer with German-born drummer Tré Cool, who had been drumming since the age of 12 in a punk band, The Lookouts.

It was their 1994 record Dookie that sent the band to stardom and gave them mainstream success. Dookie, alongside their following albums Insomniac (1995) and Nimrod (1997) were certified double platinum. Eventually, the band started to fall in popularity with their 2000 record Warning which only reached gold.

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