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"'''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 [[Hot 100 Airplay (Radio Songs)|''Billboard'' Hot 100 Airplay]] chart. This was their highest charting radio single until 2004's "[[Boulevard of Broken Dreams (Green Day song)|Boulevard of Broken Dreams]]" peaked at No. 2. |
"'''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 [[Hot 100 Airplay (Radio Songs)|''Billboard'' Hot 100 Airplay]] chart. This was their highest charting radio single until 2004's "[[Boulevard of Broken Dreams (Green Day song)|Boulevard of Broken Dreams]]" peaked at No. 2. |
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"When I Come Around" was one of the most successful alternative rock songs of 1995. It topped ''Billboard''{{'}}s [[Alternative Songs]] chart for |
"When I Come Around" was one of the most successful alternative rock songs of 1995. It topped ''Billboard''{{'}}s [[Alternative Songs]] chart for seven weeks, and also hit number two on the [[Mainstream Rock (chart)|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)]]".<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|accessdate=August 14, 2011}}</ref> |
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| Released | January 31, 1995 | |||
| Recorded | 1993 | |||
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"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'sAlternative Songs chart for 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]
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The music video shows the band walking to different places, like the Mission District and the Powell Street StationinSan 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.
"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.
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| Australia (ARIA)[21] | Gold | 35,000^ |
| United States (RIAA)[22] | Gold | 500,000^ |
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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.
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