"Warning" is a single from, and the title track of, Green Day's 2000 album Warning:.
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The lyrics of this song promote living without "warning".
Billie Joe Armstrong has said in interviews 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 song did not chart on the Billboard Hot 100, but made it into the Top 40 in the United Kingdom.
Track listing
- "Warning (Album Version)"
- "Scumbag"
- "I Don't Want To Know If You Are Lonely"
Music video
The music video pushes the point across by showing a character who violates many ridiculous warnings in our society, such as pulling the tag from his mattress, stretching out in underwear in front of one's window, putting shampoo in one's eyes, swallowing toothpaste, drinking spoiled milk, running with scissors, leaving toast in the toaster, looking directly at the sun, leaving the house when the siren's sounding, driving with a cellphone and coffee, eating by the swimming pool then going swimming, ignoring the "no running" sign and running around the pool, operating machinery under the influence of cold medication, saying to a co-worker "nice ass", leaving the car open and with the key on ignition, crossing a police line, and subsequently getting shot at, looking at food when it's in the microwave, eating food that's still in the package, running in the middle of the street and while wearing black, accepting candy from a stranger, littering, eating raw meat, looking directly into a TV set, and such. This video was directed by Francis Lawrence.
Trivia
The guitar riff to this song is literally 2 notes away from a direct copy of that of "Picture Book" by the Kinks.