
Basket Case
1994 · From Dookie
Armstrong rewrote it around his undiagnosed panic attacks, cut it at Fantasy Studios, and sold punk to the suburbs.
★ 7.7

Armstrong rewrote it around his undiagnosed panic attacks, cut it at Fantasy Studios, and sold punk to the suburbs.

Wilson heard Be My Baby, resolved to answer it, and took the title phrase from his girlfriend Marilyn Rovell.

Haines wrote it on piano in Buenos Aires as a ballad; the tempo went up and panic became a hook.

DeLonge wrote it after the band's manager complained the album had no feel-good song; a SeaWorld date supplied the rest.

Four writers including Chris Brown, a reissue bonus track, and two weeks at number one on anxiety alone.