Look Ma, No Brains!

2023 single by Green Day
"Look Ma, No Brains!"
Single by Green Day
from the album Saviors
A-side"The American Dream Is Killing Me" (double A-side)
Released
  • Vinyl - October 24, 2023 (2023-10-24)
  • Digital - November 2, 2023 (2023-11-02)
Recorded2021[1]
Genre
  • Punk rock
  • pop-punk
Length2:03
LabelReprise[2]
Composer(s)
Lyricist(s)Billie Joe Armstrong
Producer(s)
  • Rob Cavallo
  • Green Day
Green Day singles chronology
"The American Dream Is Killing Me"
(2023) 		"Look Ma, No Brains!"
(2023) 		"Dilemma"
(2023)
Music video
"Look Ma, No Brains" on YouTube

"Look Ma, No Brains!" is a song by the American rock band Green Day, released as a second single on November 2, 2023 from the band's fourteenth studio album Saviors (2024). A music video was released alongside the single on November 2, 2023. The song was originally released on vinyl alongside the first single "The American Dream Is Killing Me" on October 24, 2023.

Background and composition

On October 27, 2023, the band announced on their social media that "Look Ma, No Brains!" would be the next song they release.[3]

"Look Ma, No Brains!" was originally released alongside the first single "The American Dream Is Killing Me" on a 7-inch vinyl. It was officially released digitally and for streaming on November 2, when it was released as a single alongside a music video.

Considered a return to the band's punk roots, critics have described the song as a short, fast punk rock and pop-punk song in contrast with their previous album Father of All Motherfuckers.[4][5][6]

"Look Ma, No Brains!" finds the narrator of the song blindly accepting their spiral into chaos and is inherently dark. [7]

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Billie Joe Armstrong; all music is composed by Green Day

Digital download
No.TitleLength
1."Look Ma, No Brains!"2:03

7-inch vinyl

Side A
No.TitleLength
1."The American Dream Is Killing Me"3:06
Side B
No.TitleLength
1."Look Ma, No Brains!"2:03

Personnel

Green Day

Production

Charts

Chart performance for "Look Ma, No Brains!"
Chart (2024) Peak
position
Czech Republic Rock (IFPI)[8] 15
New Zealand Hot Singles (RMNZ)[9] 37

References

  1. ^ "RAK Studios London". December 19, 2021. Retrieved January 5, 2024 – via Instagram.
  2. ^ "Saviors - Album by Green Day". Apple Music. 2024-01-19. Retrieved 2023-10-25.
  3. ^ "Green Day on X: "Look Ma, we have a new song coming out a week from today along with that tour news that you've all been waiting for"". Twitter. 2023-10-27.
  4. ^ "Green Day – Look Ma, No Brains". The Review Geek. November 2, 2023. Retrieved November 3, 2023.
  5. ^ "Listen: Green Day Embraces the Chaos in New Single "Look Ma, No Brains!"". American Songwriter. November 3, 2023. Retrieved November 3, 2023.
  6. ^ "Watch Green Day debut new song 'Look Ma, No Brains' at when We Were Young 2023". NME. 23 October 2023.
  7. ^ Liebig, Lorie (November 2, 2023). "Meaning of "Look Ma, No Brains!" by Green Day". www.msn.com. Retrieved 2024-03-16.
  8. ^ "CZ - Radio - Top 20 Modern Rock". hitparada.ifpicr.cz. Retrieved January 12, 2024.
  9. ^ "NZ Hot Singles Chart". Recorded Music NZ. January 29, 2024. Retrieved January 26, 2024.
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