Appears on: Insomniac [1995], Stuck With Me [1995], Foot In Mouth [1996]
Music by: Green Day
Lyrics by: Billie Joe Armstrong
Length: 3:24
Line-up: Billie Joe Armstrong [vocals, guitars], Mike Dirnt [bass, backing vocals], Tre Cool [drums]
Produced by: Rob Cavallo and Green Day
Engineered by: Kevin Army
Mixed by: Jerry Finn
Information
Green Day's sixth single. Released in December 1995.
A live version of this track also appears on the Stuck With Me single.
According to Green Day Authority: When Green Day was recording songs for Insomniac, they were trying to think of an appropriate name for the song Stuck With Me. The band recorded the song now called "Do Da Da" around the same time, and that song was originally called "Stuck With Me", because those words actually appear in that song. But, there was a studio mix-up, and someone labeled the third track on Insomniac "Stuck With Me". When the band discovered the error, they felt the name was appropriate for the song and kept it. Later, they decided to release the real "Stuck With Me" as a b-side, so they gave it the nonsensical name "Do Da Da". 1
Lyrics
I'm not part of your elite
I'm just alright
Class structures waving colours
Bleeding from my throat
Not subservient to you
I'm just alright
Down classed by the powers that be
Give me loss of hope
Cast out
Buried in a hole
Struck down
Forcing me to fall
Destroy
Giving up the fight
Well I know I'm not alright
What's my price and will you pay it
If it's alright
Taken from my dignity and wasted
'Til it's dead
Throw me back into the gutter 'cos
It's alright
Find another pleasure fucker
Drag 'em down to hell
Cast out
Buried in a hole
Struck down
Forcing me to fall
Destroy
Giving up the fight
Well I know I'm not alright
One, two, three, four
Cast out
Buried in a hole
Struck down
Forcing me to fall
Destroy
Giving up the fight
Well I know I'm not alright
Commercial Release
Tracks that were released on these singles:
* Stuck With Me
* When I Come Around (live)
* Jaded (live)
* Stuck With Me (live)
* Dominated Love Slave (live)
* Chump (live)
