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Line 8: \| artist = [[Green Day]] \| album = [[Dookie]] \| released = January 31, 1995{{sfn\|Myers\|2005\|p=111}} \| recorded = \| studio = \| venue = \| genre = * [[Punk rock]]<ref name="lowe"/><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.radiox.co.uk/features/x-lists/best-third-albums/\|title=The best third albums\|work=[[Radio X (United Kingdom)\|Radio X]]\|access-date=October 8, 2019\|archive-date=June 18, 2022\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220618102509/https://www.radiox.co.uk/features/x-lists/best-third-albums/\|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|author=Punknews Staff\|title=Green Day - Dookie \|url=https://www.punknews.org/review/12794/green-day-dookie \|website=Punknews\|date=July 30, 2014 \|access-date=February 19, 2022\|quote="Basketcase" and "When I Come Around" were the "Smells Like Teen Spirit" of the punk genre\|archive-date=July 11, 2022\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220711134905/https://www.punknews.org/review/12794/green-day-dookie\|url-status=live}}</ref> * [[pop-punk]]<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://ultimateclassicrock.com/green-day-dookie/\|title=25 Years Ago: Green Day Reset Their Career With 'Dookie'\|work=Ultimate Classic Rock\|date=February 2019 \|access-date=October 8, 2019\|archive-date=August 18, 2022\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220818141646/https://ultimateclassicrock.com/green-day-dookie/\|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|last1=Mezydlo \|first1=Jeff \|title=The definitive Green Day Playlist \|url=https://www.yardbarker.com/entertainment/articles/the_definitive_green_day_playlist/s1__35749739#slide_16 \|website=Yardbaker \|access-date=February 19, 2022 \|archive-date=April 17, 2022 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220417051607/https://www.yardbarker.com/entertainment/articles/the_definitive_green_day_playlist/s1__35749739#slide_16 \|url-status=live }}</ref> * [[alternative rock]]<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.spin.com/2015/08/95-best-alternative-rock-songs-1995-alt/5/\|title=The 95 Best Alternative Rock Songs of 1995\|work=[[Spin (magazine)\|Spin]]\|access-date=October 13, 2019\|archive-date=September 12, 2022\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220912154820/https://www.spin.com/2015/08/95-best-alternative-rock-songs-1995-alt/5/\|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine \|url=http://www.altpress.com/reviews/entry/dookie \|title=Green Day – Dookie \|magazine=[[Alternative Press (magazine)\|Alternative Press]] \|date=June 22, 2010 \|access-date=August 22, 2015 \|last=Raub \|first=Jesse \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100829201325/http://www.altpress.com/reviews/entry/dookie \|archive-date=August 29, 2010 \|url-status=dead}}</ref> \| length = 2:58 \| label = [[Reprise Records\|Reprise]] \| lyricist = [[Billie Joe Armstrong]]▼ ~~\| writer =~~ \| composer = Green Day ▲ [[Billie Joe Armstrong]] * [[Mike Dirnt]] * [[Tré Cool]] \| producer = * [[Rob Cavallo]] Line 27 ⟶ 25: \| prev_title = [[Welcome to Paradise]] \| prev_year = 1994 \| next_title = [[~~She (Green Day song)\|She~~J.A.R.]] \| next_year = 1995 \| misc = {{External music video\|{{YouTube\|i8dh9gDzmz8\|"When I Come Around"}}}} }} "'''When I Come Around'''" is a song by American [[Rock music\|rock]] band [[Green Day]]. It is the 10th track on their third studio album, ''[[Dookie]]'' (1994), and was shipped to radio in December 1994 before being physically released as the fourth single from that album in January 1995<ref>{{Cite book \|last= \|first= \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZwgEAAAAMBAJ&dq=When+I+come+around&pg=PA2 \|title=Billboard \|date=1994-12-03 \|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc. \|language=en \|access-date=October 30, 2023 \|archive-date=April 29, 2023 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230429104948/https://books.google.com/books?id=ZwgEAAAAMBAJ&dq=When+I+come+around&pg=PA2 \|url-status=live }}</ref> by [[Reprise Records]]. It was played live as early as 1992. "When I Come Around" peaked at number six on the US ''[[Billboard (magazine)\|Billboard]]'' [[Hot 100 Airplay (Radio Songs)\|Hot 100 Airplay]] chart, topped the ''Billboard'' [[Alternative Songs\|Modern Rock Tracks]] chart for seven weeks, and reached number two on the ''Billboard'' [[Mainstream Rock (chart)\|Album Rock Tracks]] chart. Worldwide, it became a top-10 hit in Australia, Canada, Iceland, and New Zealand. Mark Kohr directed the song's music video. As of August 2010, "When I Come Around" has sold 639,000 copies. This makes it the band's second best-selling single of the 1990s, behind their 1997 hit "[[Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)]]".<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart_watch/61449/week-ending-aug-8-2008-taylor-swift-returns/;_ylt=AsAHfgzMg0stQxT4avrFodkPwiUv?page=2#comments\|title=Week Ending Aug. 8, 2008: Taylor Swift Returns - Chart Watch\|date=August 11, 2010\|publisher=New.music.yahoo.com\|access-date=August 14, 2011}}</ref> In late 2023, for the 35th anniversary of Modern Rock Tracks (which by then had been renamed to Alternative Airplay), ''Billboard'' ranked the song as the 19th-most successful in the chart's history.<ref name="Alt-35">{{cite magazine\|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/alternative-airplay-chart-35th-anniversary-foo-fighters-all-time-low-rule-1235408126/\|title=Alternative Airplay Chart's 35th Anniversary: Foo Fighters Remain No. 1 Act, 'Monsters' New Top Song\|last=Rutherford\|first=Kevin\|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)\|Billboard]]\|date=September 7, 2023\|access-date=November 10, 2023\|archive-date=October 13, 2023\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231013183139/https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/alternative-airplay-chart-35th-anniversary-foo-fighters-all-time-low-rule-1235408126/\|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Greatest-Alt-2023">{{cite magazine\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231006001750/https://www.billboard.com/charts/greatest-alternative-songs/\|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/greatest-alternative-songs/\|title=Greatest of All Time Alternative Songs\|archive-date=October 6, 2023\|access-date=November 10, 2023\|url-status=live\|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)\|Billboard]]}}</ref> ==Composition== The song is played in [[time signature\|4/4 time]] and has a [[verse-chorus]] song structure. Most of the song is based around a sequence of four [[chord progression\|chords]] in the key of [[G flat major]].<ref>{{cite book \|last1=Covach \|first1=John \|last2=Flory \|first2=Andrew \|title=What's That Sound?: An Introduction to Rock and Its History \|date=March 8, 2006 \|publisher=W.W. Norton & Company \|pages=478-479}}</ref> ==Critical reception== [[David Stubbs]] from ''[[Melody Maker]]'' felt the band is "threatening to get caught up in the tramlines of [[Rainbow (rock band)\|Rainbow]]'s "[[Since You Been Gone#Rainbow version\|Since You've Been Gone]]" in the opening chords [of the song]."<ref>{{cite magazine\|first=David\|last=Stubbs\|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/nothingelseon/53459678856/\|title=Singles\|magazine=[[Melody Maker]]\|date=May 13, 1995\|page=34\|access-date=January 13, 2024\|author-link=David Stubbs\|archive-date=January 13, 2024\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240113114252/https://www.flickr.com/photos/nothingelseon/53459678856/\|url-status=live}}</ref> Pan-European magazine ''[[Music & Media]]'' commented, "We asked [[Nick Lowe]], one-time producer in the first wave of [[Punk music\|punk]], what's the difference between then and now? He answered: 'Green Day can really play.' Life is sometimes so simple."<ref name ="lowe">{{cite magazine \|title= New Releases: Singles \|magazine= [[Music & Media]] \|date= May 20, 1995 \|page= 13 \|access-date= May 18, 2021 \|url= https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1995/MM-1995-05-20.pdf \|archive-date= March 8, 2021 \|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210308061221/https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1995/MM-1995-05-20.pdf \|url-status= live }}</ref> ~~British~~A ~~magazine~~reviewer from ''[[Music Week]]'' gave "When I Come Around" three out of five, writing, "The fourth track to be lifted from their gold-selling ''[[Dookie]]'' album lacks the character and charm of '[[Basket Case (song)\|Basket Case]]' but shouldn't harm their chart fortunes if their US success is anything to go by."<ref>{{cite magazine \|title= Reviews: Singles \|magazine= [[Music Week]] \|date= April 29, 1995 \|page= 14 \|access-date= May 7, 2021 \|url= https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1995/Music-Week-1995-04-29.pdf \|archive-date= May 9, 2021 \|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210509225629/https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1995/Music-Week-1995-04-29.pdf \|url-status= live }}</ref> [[Sylvia Patterson]] from ''[[New Musical Express\|NME]]'' viewed it as "their least frantic rouser to date [...] but nonetheless it's a mutant sun-ripe beef tomato of a pop guitar romp featuring the rhyming of "''loser''" with "''user''" and — heck! — "''accuser''" just like they were [[The Monkees]]."<ref>{{cite magazine\|first=Sylvia\|last=Patterson\|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/nothingelseon/53460761252/\|title=Singles\|magazine=[[New Musical Express\|NME]]\|date=May 13, 1995\|page=51\|access-date=January 18, 2024\|author-link=Sylvia Patterson\|archive-date=January 18, 2024\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240118183255/https://www.flickr.com/photos/nothingelseon/53460761252/\|url-status=live}}</ref> ==Music video== The [[music video]] for the song is directed by Mark Kohr.<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.greendayauthority.com/TheBand/videos.php \|title=GDA \| Video Information \|publisher=Greendayauthority.com \|access-date=August 14, 2011 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050411232634/http://www.greendayauthority.com/TheBand/videos.php \|archive-date=April 11, 2005 }}</ref> It shows the band walking to different places, like the [[Mission District, San Francisco, California\|Mission District]] and the [[Powell Street Station]] in [[San Francisco]] and [[Berkeley, California\|Berkeley]], [[California]] at night, along with various scenes of people doing common things all inter-related. One of the first scenes of the video eventually leads back to the scene at the end. The band's touring guitarist [[Jason White (~~musician,~~Green ~~born~~Day ~~1973~~guitarist)\|Jason White]] can be seen in the video with his girlfriend. Before the video was filmed, [[MTV]] aired a live performance of the song by the band at the [[Woodstock '94\|1994 Woodstock Festival]]. MTV's Ultimate Albums: ''Dookie'' special credited the simple horizontally-striped sweater worn by Armstrong in the video for starting a fashion trend of similar sweaters. Line 77 ⟶ 78: ! scope="row"\| Denmark ([[Hitlisten]])<ref>{{cite news \|last=Schlüter \|first=Johan \|author-link=Johan Schlüter \|date=June 9, 1995 \|title=Official Danish Singles Chart \|work=IFPI Report \|issue=Week 23 \|agency=[[IFPI Danmark]]}}</ref> \|align="center"\|19 \|- ! scope="row"\|Europe ([[European Hot 100 Singles\|Eurochart Hot 100]])<ref>{{cite magazine\|title=Eurochart Hot 100 Singles\|magazine=[[Music & Media]]\|volume=12\|issue=21\|page=31\|date=May 27, 1995}}</ref> \|align="center"\|51 \|- ! scope="row"{{single chart\|Germany\|45\|artist=Green Day\|song=Basket Case\|songid=10531}} \|- !scope="row"\| Iceland ([[Íslenski listinn\|Íslenski Listinn Topp 40]])<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://timarit.is/page/2725912?iabr=on#page/n25/mode/2up\|title=Íslenski Listinn Topp 40 (18.3. '95 – 24.3. '95)\|newspaper=[[DV (newspaper)\|Dagblaðið Vísir]]\|language=is\|page=26\|date=March 18, 1995\|access-date=April 19, 2023\|archive-date=April 19, 2023\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419122423/https://timarit.is/page/2725912?iabr=on#page/n25/mode/2up\|url-status=live}}</ref> \|align="center"\|2 \|- !scope="row"\| Netherlands ([[Dutch Top 40\|Dutch Top 40 Tipparade]])<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.top40.nl/tipparade/1995/week-31\|title=Tipparade-lijst van week 31, 1995\|publisher=[[Dutch Top 40]]\|language=nl\|access-date=March 28, 2023\|archive-date=March 28, 2023\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230328030234/https://www.top40.nl/tipparade/1995/week-31\|url-status=live}}</ref> \|align="center"\|2 \|- Line 91 ⟶ 95: \|- ! scope="row"{{single chart\|Scotland\|29\|date=19950520\|access-date=October 22, 2018}} \|- !scope="row"\|Spanish Airplay (''[[Music & Media]]'')<ref>{{cite magazine\|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1995/MM-1995-06-24.pdf\|title=Major Market Airplay\|magazine=Music & Media\|volume=15\|issue=29\|page=25\|date=June 24, 1995\|access-date=October 23, 2024}}</ref> \|align="center"\|15 \|- ! scope="row"{{single chart\|Sweden\|28\|artist=Green Day\|song=When I Come Around}} Line 111 ⟶ 118: ! scope="col" \| Peak<br/>position \|- ! scope="row"\| US ''[[Billboard (magazine)\|Billboard]]'' [[Rock Digital Songs]]<ref>{{cite magazine \|url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/303108/green-day/chart?f=1085 \|title=Green Day Rock Digital \|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)\|Billboard]] \|access-date=June 7, 2016 \|archive-date=June 17, 2016 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160617123858/http://www.billboard.com/artist/303108/green-day/chart?f=1085 \|url-status=live }}</ref> \|align="center"\|31 \|} Line 122 ⟶ 129: ! scope="col" \| Position \|- ! scope="row"\| Australia (ARIA)<ref name="ausye">{{cite web\|url=https://www.~~ariacharts~~aria.com.au/~~annual-~~charts/1995/singles-chart\|title=~~1995~~ ARIA Top 50 Singles ~~Chart~~for 1995\|publisher=[[Australian Recording Industry Association\|ARIA]]\|access-date=November 18, 2019\|archive-date=August 3, 2015\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150803041226/http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-end-of-year-charts-top-50-singles-1995.htm\|url-status=live}}</ref> \|align="center"\|40 \|- ! scope="row"\| Canada Top Singles (''RPM'')<ref>{{cite magazine\|url=http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.2840&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.2840.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.2840\|title=RPM Top 100 Hit Tracks of 1995\|magazine=[[RPM (magazine)\|RPM]]\|~~publisher~~via=[[Library and Archives Canada]]\|access-date=October 22, 2018\|archive-date=February 26, 2021\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210226224941/https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.2840&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.2840.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.2840\|url-status=live}}</ref> \|align="center"\|21 \|- ! scope="row"\| Iceland (Íslenski Listinn Topp 40)<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://timarit.is/page/2935413?iabr=on#page/n15/mode/2up\|title=Árslistinn 1995\|newspaper=[[DV (newspaper)\|Dagblaðið Vísir]]\|language=is\|page=16\|date=January 2, 1996\|access-date=May 30, 2020\|archive-date=July 14, 2020\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200714210153/https://timarit.is/page/2935413?iabr=on#page/n15/mode/2up\|url-status=live}}</ref> \|align="center"\|12 \|- ! scope="row"\| New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://~~nztop40~~aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/~~chart~~archive/~~index_chart?chart=3884~~annual-singles/1995-12-31\|title=End of Year Charts 1995\|publisher=[[Recorded Music NZ]]\|access-date=November 18, 2019\|archive-date=July 10, 2019\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190710023502/https://nztop40.co.nz/chart/index_chart%3Fchart%3D3884\|url-status=live}}</ref> \|align="center"\|28 \|- ! scope="row"\| US ~~Radio~~Hot ~~Songs~~100 Airplay (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine\|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/90s/1995/BB-1995-12-23.pdf~~#page=88~~\|title=The Year in Music: Hot 100 Singles Airplay\|magazine=Billboard\|volume=107\|issue=51\|page=YE-32\|date=December 23, 1995~~\|page=Y-32~~\|access-date=June 6, 2022\|archive-date=June 28, 2021\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210628190958/https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/90s/1995/BB-1995-12-23.pdf\|url-status=live}}</ref> \|align="center"\|11 \|- ! scope="row"\| US Album Rock Tracks (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine\|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/90s/1995/BB-1995-12-23.pdf\|title=The Year in Music: Hot Album Rock Tracks\|magazine=Billboard\|volume=107\|issue=51\|page=YE-76\|date=December 23, 1995\|access-date=January 18, 2024\|archive-date=June 28, 2021\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210628190958/https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/90s/1995/BB-1995-12-23.pdf\|url-status=live}}</ref> \|align="center"\|4 \|- ! scope="row"\| US Modern Rock Tracks (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine\|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/90s/1995/BB-1995-12-23.pdf\|title=The Year in Music: Hot Modern Rock Tracks\|magazine=Billboard\|volume=107\|issue=51\|page=YE-77\|date=December 23, 1995\|access-date=January 18, 2024\|archive-date=June 28, 2021\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210628190958/https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/90s/1995/BB-1995-12-23.pdf\|url-status=live}}</ref> \|align="center"\|10 \|- ! scope="row"\| US Top 40/Mainstream (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine\|title=The Year in Music 1995: Top 40/Mainstream Top Titles\|magazine=[[Airplay Monitor]]\|volume=3\|issue=51\|page=8\|date=December 15, 1995}}</ref> \|align="center"\|6 \|} {{col-end}} Line 142 ⟶ 158: {{Certification Table Top\|caption=Certifications for "When I Come Around"}} {{Certification Table Entry\|region=Australia\|award=Gold\|type=single\|relyear=1994\|certyear=1994\|certref=<ref name="ausye"/>\|access-date=November 18, 2019}} {{Certification Table Entry\|region=~~New Zealand~~Canada\|award=~~Gold~~Platinum\|number=4\|type=single\|artist=Green Day\|title=When I Come Around\|relyear=1994\|certyear=~~1995\|id=3670~~2023\|access-date=~~November~~October 18, ~~2019~~2023}} {{Certification Table Entry\|region=Italy\|type=single\|artist=Green Day\|title=When I Come Around\|award=Gold\|relyear=1994\|certyear=2024\|id=12328\|access-date=April 9, 2024}} {{Certification Table Entry\|region=New Zealand\|award=Gold\|type=single\|artist=Green Day\|title=When I Come Around\|relyear=1994\|id=1995-06-30\|source=newchart\|access-date=2024-11-20\|certyear=1995}} {{Certification Table Entry\|region=Spain\|award=Gold\|type=single\|artist=Green Day\|title=When I Come Around\|relyear=1994\|certyear=2024\|access-date=September 24, 2024}} {{Certification Table Entry\|region=United Kingdom\|award=Gold\|type=single\|artist=Green Day\|title=When I Come Around\|relyear=2004\|certyear=2023\|id=15868-2001-1\|access-date=June 25, 2023}} {{Certification Table Entry\|region=United States\|award=Gold\|type=single\|artist=Green Day\|title=When I Come Around\|relyear=1994\|certyear=2009\|digital=true\|access-date=October 22, 2017}} Line 175 ⟶ 194: ==Use in media== "When I Come Around" was featured in ''[[South Park]]'' episode "[[Hummels & Heroin]]", sung in the style of a [[barbershop quartet]]. It was also featured in the Green Day-themed [[Rock Band]] game ''[[Green Day: Rock Band]]''. It has been featured in multiple media such as the trailer for ''[[Blast from the Past (film)\|Blast from the Past]]'' and the episode in ''[[Hindsight (TV series)\|Hindsight]]''. ==References== Line 183 ⟶ 204: ===Sources=== {{refbegin\|30em}} {{cite book \|last1=Myers \|first1=Ben \|title=Green Day - American Idiots & The New Punk Explosion \|date=2005 \|publisher=Independent Music Press \|isbn=0953994295 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JSa3DwAAQBAJ \|access-date=May 13, 2023 \|archive-date=April 9, 2023 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230409222905/https://books.google.com/books?id=JSa3DwAAQBAJ \|url-status=live }} {{refend}} {{Green Day}}{{Green Day songs}}{{Authority control}} ~~{{Authority control}}~~ [[Category:1993 songs]]