Basket Case Is a Mental Health Hymn

Billy Joe Armstrong quoted on the website Lauter in 2020 says, basket case is about anxiety attacks and feeling like you're about to go crazy. Green Day went on to make other records with other bonkers hit songs. Lookout records meanwhile is a consolation prize for selling millions of copies of Green Day's old records. Namely, Kerplunk and 1039 Smooth Out Slappy Hours.