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"Brain Stew" and "Jaded" are two songs released as a joint single by American rock band Green Day. They appear as the tenth and eleventh tracks and third and final single from the group's fourth studio album, Insomniac. The song was also included on Godzilla: The Album. The two songs were released as one single, as the songs are transitional – "Brain Stew" segues directly into "Jaded". After 9/11, "Brain Stew" was placed on Clear Channel's list of post-9/11 inappropriate titles. The song "Brain Stew" is about vocalist/guitarist Billie Joe Armstrong dealing with insomnia. According to Armstrong himself, "Brain Stew" was originally called "Insomniac" on demo (hence the title of the album on which it is featured), and "Brain Stew" is a reference to Armstrong's long-time friend, James Washburn, who is nicknamed Brain Stew.

There is also a limited edition CD single of the two songs in which the disc is in the shape of a brain.

One of the B-sides has an early version of the song "Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)", with the song having a more sarcastic tone than the original.

Both "Brain Stew" and "Jaded" were included on the band's first greatest hits album International Superhits!. However, only "Brain Stew" was included on the band's second greatest hits album God's Favorite Band and is the only song off of Insomniac to be included.

Track listing

CD
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Brain Stew" / "Jaded"	4:43
2.	"Do Da Da"	1:30
3.	"Good Riddance"	2:03
4.	"Brain Stew" (clean radio edit; faded ending)	3:13

Vinyl box set

Side A
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Brain Stew" / "Jaded"	4:43
2.	"Walking Contradiction"	2:31

Side B
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Brain Stew" / "Jaded" (live at Sporthall, Prague, March 26, 1996)	4:27
2.	"No Pride"	2:20

Other versions

"Brain Stew"

A live version featured on Bowling Bowling Bowling Parking Parking recorded March 26, 1996 at Sporthalle, Prague, Czech Republic. Later featured on the vinyl box set version of the "Brain Stew / Jaded" single.
Another live version on Bullet in a Bible.
A remix was made for the soundtrack of the 1998 movie Godzilla.
Rivers Cuomo did a cover of the song on Sessions @AOL in 2009. The performance was recorded for his band Weezer's EP called Happy Record Store Day.
A cover was made by the band The Upside Downs named "Brain Stew 10". The band was made by Ray William Johnson.
A cover was made by musician K.Flay in 2020.

"Jaded"

A live version found on Bowling Bowling Bowling Parking Parking recorded March 26, 1996 at Sporthalle, Prague, Czech Republic.
A live version was performed during the Milton Keynes concert recorded for "Bullet in a Bible" but was omitted from the CD/DVD.

"Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)"

This single features a demo version of the Nimrod track "Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)". This demo is played in G♭ rather than G standard.

Live performances

"Brain Stew" has been played at most Green Day concerts since its release and is one of the band’s most played songs live. There have been several notable performances of this song. For instance, the band played the song in front of 130,000 people at the Milton Keynes National Bowl for the live DVD–CD Bullet in a Bible. Another notable performance was when the group performed it at Goat Island in Sydney, Australia on October 19, 2000, where Armstrong mixed up the verses by accident. During the 21st Century Breakdown World Tour, the band played this after playing numerous cover rock songs.

Music video

The music video for "Brain Stew / Jaded" consists of two parts: The "Brain Stew" portion of the video is sepia toned and depicts the band lying on a couch being pulled through a landfill by a bulldozer, interspersed with shots of hula dancers, mealworms, a dog, and a teacher writing on a chalkboard. When the song transitions to "Jaded", the video transitions to chrome and shows fast shots of the band playing the song in their recording studio with more shots of mealworms and hula dancers. The video was directed by Kevin Kerslake.

Chart positions

Chart (1996)	Peak position
Australia (ARIA)	88
Canada Top Singles (RPM)	35
Canada Rock/Alternative (RPM)	1
UK Singles (OCC)	28
US Radio Songs (Billboard)	35
US Mainstream Rock (Billboard)	8
US Alternative Airplay (Billboard)	3

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)	Silver	200,000
Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

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External links

Brain Stew official video on YouTube

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1,039/Smoothed Out Slappy Hours	"Knowledge"
Kerplunk	"Welcome to Paradise"
Dookie	"Longview "Basket Case "She" "When I Come Around"
Insomniac	"Stuck with Me" "Geek Stink Breath" "Brain Stew / Jaded" "Walking Contradiction"
Nimrod	"Nice Guys Finish Last" "Hitchin' a Ride" "Redundant" "Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)"
Warning	"Warning" "Waiting" "Minority"
American Idiot	"American Idiot" "Jesus of Suburbia" "Holiday" "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" "Wake Me Up When September Ends"
21st Century Breakdown	"21st Century Breakdown" "Know Your Enemy" "East Jesus Nowhere" "Last of the American Girls" "21 Guns"
Awesome as Fuck	"Cigarettes and Valentines"
¡Uno!	"Let Yourself Go" "Kill the DJ" "Oh Love"
¡Dos!	"Stray Heart" "Amy"
¡Tré!	"X-Kid" "The Forgotten"
Revolution Radio	"Bang Bang" "Revolution Radio" "Still Breathing"
Father of All Motherfuckers	"Father of All..." "Oh Yeah!"
Saviors	"The American Dream Is Killing Me" "Look Ma, No Brains!" "Bobby Sox" "One Eyed Bastard" "Dilemma"
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