Minority (Green Day song)


"Minority" is a song by the American rock band Green Day. It was released as the lead single from their sixth studio album, Warning, and is the eleventh track. The song remained at No. 1 for five weeks in a row on the Billboard Modern Rock chart in late 2000, making it one of the most successful songs from the band in the 2000s.

Track listing

  1. "Minority"
  2. "Brat" – 1:42
  3. "86" – 2:59

    AU single

  4. "Minority" – 2:49
  5. "Brat" – 1:42
  6. "86" – 2:59
  7. "Jackass" – 2:47

    7"

Side A
  1. "Minority"
  2. "Brat" – 1:42
Side B
  1. "Jackass"
  2. "86" – 2:59

    7" vinyl box set

  3. "Minority" – 2:49
  4. "Warning" – 3:42
  5. "Hold On" – 2:56
  6. "Outsider" – 2:17

    Promo single

  7. "Minority"
  8. "Minority" – 2:49

    Meaning

In an interview, frontman Billie Joe Armstrong said that "The song is about being an individual and how you have to drift through the darkness to find where you belong."
Billie Joe Armstrong commented that this was the point in which their song writing became slightly more politically based. The lyrics "I pledge allegiance to the underworld, one nation under dog..." were taken from the American Pledge of Allegiance but "twisted upside down a bit."

Music video

The music video was released in September 2000 and directed by Evan Bernard. It shows the band on a parade float, playing their instruments in the middle of San Diego followed by a very reduced number of people. There are also computer-generated balloons made to look like each individual member. In the end they destroy the float (this is typical of a Green Day music video: destruction of instruments, props and buildings can also be seen in a number of their other videos, including "Walking Contradiction", "Basket Case", "Longview", "Hitchin' a Ride". The video was released uncut on International Supervideos!. It was filmed in downtown San Diego. When he first sings the phrase "Fuck 'em all," Billie Joe can be seen giving the middle finger to the buildings to both the left and right. A rare behind the scenes video is on YouTube uploaded by user Thibaut78240 but the audio cuts out through almost the whole thing.

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