‘Jaded’ is the eleventh track on Green Day’s fourth album Insomniac, released all the way back in 1995. That is my favourite album of theirs. You may argue and say “err, Dookie?” or “durr, American Idiot?” I stick with my choice. The tracks on the waste no time. Billie Joe seems to be at his most self-loathing and messed up on here, which for one reason or many others I enjoy quite a bit. It’s just over half an hour in length. It won’t take up too much of your time.

When listening to the album, you will notice ‘Jaded’ launches off like a rocket while the guitars are still fading out from the preceding track ‘Brain Stew‘. This came to good use when the band needed another single from the album. Instead of releasing ‘Brain Stew’ by itself, the band/record label/whoever decided to release it and ‘Jaded’ as a joint single. The long music video for both songs can be seen above, though I set it so it could start when ‘Jaded’ begins.

The track is a minute and a half freak out to contrast with the lazy/lethargic/apathetic outlook of ‘Brain Stew’. It’s a very energetic song that basically tells you to get out there and do something with your life instead of finding yourself doing the same old thing over and over again, whether it be a 9 to 5 job or just sitting at home doing nothing at all. We’re not getting any younger, and you don’t want to get old thinking you could have done so much more with your time. Once you get past the overall jumped-up/tweaked out atmosphere of the track, or not that’s probably the best part about it all, it’s quite serious. It’s a firecracker of a tune, though.