X-Kid
{{Infobox song
| name = X-Kid
| cover = Greendayxkidtape.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Green Day
| album = ¡Tré!
| released = {{Start date|2013|02|12}}
| recorded = February 14–June 26, 2012 at Jingletown Studios in Oakland, California
| studio =
| venue =
| genre =
- Pop punk{{Cite web|url=https://exclaim.ca/music/article/green_day-x-kid_video|title=Green Day "X-Kid" (video) | Exclaim!|website=exclaim.ca}}
- power pop{{Cite web|url=https://diffuser.fm/green-day-x-kid-video/|title=Green Day, 'X-Kid' – New Video|first=Joe|last=Robinson|website=Diffuser.fm|date=21 December 2012 }}
| length = {{duration|m=3|s=42}}
| label = {{hlist|Reprise|Warner Bros.}}
| writer = {{hlist|Billie Joe Armstrong|Mike Dirnt|Tré Cool}}
| producer = {{hlist|Rob Cavallo|Green Day}}
| prev_title = The Forgotten
| prev_year = 2012
| next_title = Xmas Time of the Year
| next_year = 2015
| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|GdLYCjTACpQ|"X-Kid"}}
{{YouTube|LDPwpAs9LSA|"X-Kid (Video Contest Finalist)"}}}}
}}
"X-Kid" is a song by American rock band Green Day. It is the fifth track on their eleventh studio album, ¡Tré! (2012), and was released as the second single from the album on February 12, 2013, and is the sixth and final single from the ¡Uno!, ¡Dos! & ¡Tré! trilogy.
Background and release
"X-Kid" was released as a single on February 12, 2013. On December 19, 2012, a video was released to Green Day's official YouTube channel showing "X-Kid" playing on a cassette tape.{{cite web|author=YouTube|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdLYCjTACpQ |title=Green Day - "X-Kid" - Album: ¡TRE! |publisher=YouTube |date=2012-12-19 |access-date=2013-02-03}}
Theme and composition
{{Listen
| filename = ExkidGreenDay.ogg
| title = "X-Kid"
| description = A sample of "X-Kid from Green Day's ¡TRE! Album ".
| pos = right
}}
According to The A.V. Club, "X-Kid" has "a rousing intro" which becomes a "hybrid" of "Who Wrote Holden Caulfield?" and "One Of My Lies", two songs from Green Day's second studio album Kerplunk.{{Cite web |last=Heller |first=Jason |date=December 11, 2012 |title=Green Day: ¡Tre! |url=https://www.avclub.com/green-day-tre-1798175239 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240406220000/https://www.avclub.com/green-day-tre-1798175239 |archive-date=April 6, 2024 |access-date=November 8, 2024 |website=The A.V. Club}}
Song meaning
“X-Kid” from ¡Tré! deals with the suicide of a close friend of the band's. “I don’t really want to get into it,” Armstrong says. “It’s too heavy.”{{cite web|url=http://www.guitarworld.com/interview-green-days-billie-joe-armstrong-uno-dos-and-tre?page=0,1 |title=Interview: Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong on '¡Uno!,' '¡Dos!' and '¡Tre!' - Page 2 |work=Guitar World |date=2012-11-12 |access-date=2013-02-13}}
Credits and Personnel
- Songwriting: Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt, Tré Cool
- Production: Rob Cavallo, Green Day
Critical reception
Ray Rahman of Entertainment Weekly named "X-Kid" as the best song on ¡Tre!, above "Brutal Love" and "Missing You".{{cite web |author=Ray Rahman |url=https://ew.com/article/2013/03/19/tre-review-green-day/ |title=Tre! - review - Green Day Review |publisher=EW.com |date=2013-01-09 |access-date=2013-02-03 |archive-date=2013-04-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130416003410/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20653693,00.html |url-status=live }}
Chart positions
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| Chart (2013)
! Peak |
|---|
| {{single chart|Billboardcanadarock|38|artist=Green Day|rowheader=true|access-date=June 25, 2021}} |
| {{single chart|Billboardrocksongs|48|artist=Green Day|access-date=December 22, 2014|rowheader=true}} |
| {{single chart|Billboardrockairplay|36|artist=Green Day|rowheader=true|access-date=October 12, 2016}} |
References
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{{Green Day}}{{Green Day songs}}{{Authority control}}
Category:Songs written by Billie Joe Armstrong
Category:Warner Records singles
Category:Reprise Records singles
Category:Song recordings produced by Rob Cavallo