When I Come Around

"When I Come Around"
Single by Green Day
from the album Dookie
Released January 31, 1995
Format CD single
Recorded 1993
Genre
Length 2:58
Label Reprise, WEA International
Songwriter(s) Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt, and Tré Cool
Producer(s) Rob Cavallo and Green Day
Green Day singles chronology
"Basket Case"
(1994)		 "When I Come Around"
(1995)		 "She"
(1995)

"When I Come Around" is a song released by American punk rock band Green Day. It is the tenth track on their third studio album, Dookie, and was released as the fourth single from that album in 1995. It was played live as early as 29 August 1992. "When I Come Around" was Green Day's most popular radio single in their early career, peaking at No. 6 on the Billboard Hot 100 Airplay chart. This was their highest charting radio single until 2004's "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" peaked at No. 2.

"When I Come Around" was one of the most successful alternative rock songs of 1995. It topped Billboard's Alternative Songs chart for a then-record seven weeks, and also hit number two on the Mainstream Rock Tracks. It was Green Day's third straight number-one from Dookie, after "Longview" and "Basket Case". As of August 2010, "When I Come Around" has sold 639,000 copies, making it the band's second best-selling single of the 1990s behind only their 1997 hit "Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)".[3]

Track listing

Initial pressing

  1. "When I Come Around" – 2:58
  2. "Coming Clean" (live) – 1:36
  3. "She" (live) – 2:14

AU single

  1. "When I Come Around" – 2:58
  2. "Longview" (live) – 3:30
  3. "Burnout" (live) – 2:11
  4. "2,000 Light Years Away" (live) – 2:48
  • (Live tracks recorded March 11, 1994, at Jannus Landing, St. Petersburg, Florida; Tracks 2-3 are the same on the Live Tracks EP; Track 4 has an extended intro, but is the same performance)

7" picture disc

Side A

  • "When I Come Around" – 2:58

Side B

  • "She" (live) – 2:14

Music video

The music video shows the band walking to different places, like the Mission District and the Powell Street Station in San Francisco and 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 can be seen in the video with his girlfriend at the time. Mark Kohr directed this video.[4]

Before the video was filmed, MTV aired a live performance of the song by the band at the 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.

Use in media

"When I Come Around" was featured in South Park episode "Hummels & Heroin". It was also featured in the Green Day themed Rock Band game Green Day: Rock Band.

Chart positions

Certifications

Region CertificationCertified units/Sales
Australia (ARIA)[19] Gold 35,000^
United States (RIAA)[20] Gold 500,000^

double-daggersales+streaming figures based on certification alone

References

  1. ↑ "Green Day - Fantasy Studios" (PDF). Fantasy Studios. Issued in February 1994, Dookie would spawn five hit singles — ‘Longview’, ‘Welcome To Paradise’ (a re‐recording of a track on Kerplunk), ‘Basket Case’, ‘When I Come Around’ and ‘She’ — and, with worldwide sales of over 16 million units, would prove to be the group’s most popular work, while establishing them at the forefront of the neo-punk scene.
  2. ↑ "Top 10 Alt-Rock Videos From 1995". Diffuser.fm. Retrieved 2013-05-27.
  3. ↑ "Week Ending Aug. 8, 2008: Taylor Swift Returns - Chart Watch". New.music.yahoo.com. August 11, 2010. Retrieved August 14, 2011.
  4. ↑ "GDA | Video Information". Greendayauthority.com. Archived from the original on April 11, 2005. Retrieved August 14, 2011.
  5. ↑ "Australian-charts.com – Green Day – When I Come Around". ARIA Top 50 Singles.
  6. ↑ "Top RPM Singles: Issue 8002." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved November 12, 2016.
  7. ↑ "Musicline.de – Green Day Single-Chartverfolgung" (in German). Media Control Charts. PhonoNet GmbH.
  8. ↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – Green Day – When I Come Around" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.
  9. ↑ "Charts.nz – Green Day – When I Come Around". Top 40 Singles.
  10. ↑ "Swedishcharts.com – Green Day – When I Come Around". Singles Top 100.
  11. ↑ "Green Day: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved November 12, 2016.
  12. ↑ "Green Day Chart History (Radio Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved November 12, 2016.
  13. ↑ "Green Day Chart History (Pop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved November 12, 2016.
  14. ↑ "Green Day Chart History (Mainstream Rock)". Billboard. Retrieved November 12, 2016.
  15. ↑ "Green Day Chart History (Alternative Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved November 12, 2016.
  16. ↑ "Green Day Rock Digital".
  17. ↑ "RPM 100 Hit Tracks of 1995". RPM. Retrieved November 26, 2017.
  18. ↑ "End of Year Charts 1995". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved December 3, 2017.
  19. ↑ "The ARIA Report: Issue 1002 (Week Commencing 11 May 2009" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. p. 2. Retrieved October 27, 2017.
  20. ↑ "American single certifications – Green Day". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved October 22, 2017. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Single, then click SEARCH. 
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