Green Day share unheard song 'You Irritate Me' from 'Nimrod' 25th anniversary reissue

The album is reissued in January 2023

Green Day
Author: Scott ColothanPublished 14th Oct 2022

After teasing the 25th anniversary of ‘Nimrod’ earlier this week, Green Day have confirmed their fifth studio album is getting an expansive reissue.

Released on Friday 17th January 2023, the ‘Nimrod’ 25th anniversary release comes complete with 14 previously unreleased demos and a 20-track live album ‘Live at the Electric Factory’, which was recorded in Philadelphia on 14th November 1997 one month after the release of ‘Nimrod.’

As a tantalising taster for the deluxe reissue, Green Day have premiered the previously unheard demo track ‘You Irritate Me’, which clocks in at one minute and 36 seconds and captures Green Day in their raw glory.

Listen to Green Day’s ‘You Irritate Me’:

Announcing the reissue, Billie Joe Armstrong, Tré Cool and Mike Dirnt wrote: “Big anniversary today!! Nimrod is 25 years old. Already?? Where has the time gone?!

“We’re re-releasing the album at the top of new year on January 27 with 14 previously unreleased demos and Live at The Electric Factory (which include 15 more unreleased tracks).”

Widely adored by Green Day fans, ‘Nimrod’ spawned the singles ‘Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)’, ‘Hitchin A Ride’, ‘Redundant’ and ‘Nice Guys Finish Last.’

Green Day’s ‘Nimrod’ 25th anniversary reissue track-listing:

‘Nimrod’:

Nice Guys Finish Last

Hitchin’ A Ride

The Grouch

Redundant

Scattered

All The Time

Worry Rock

Platypus (I Hate You)

Uptight

Last Ride In

Jinx

Haushinka

Walking Alone

Reject

Take Back

King For A Day

Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)

Prosthetic Head

The Nimrod Demos:

Nice Guys Finish Last

Place Inside My Head

The Grouch

Walking Alone

Jinx

Alison

Espionage

You Irritate Me

Tre Polka

When It’s Time

Desensitized

Chain Saw

Reject

Black Eyeliner

Live at the Electric Factory:

Going To Pasalacqua

Welcome To Paradise

Geek Stink Breath

Nice Guys Finish Last

Hitchin’ A Ride

The Grouch

Chump

Longview

2000 Light Years Away

Brainstew

Jaded

Knowledge

Basket Case

She

F--- Off And Die

Paper Lanterns

Scattered

Prosthetic Head

When I Come Around

Good Riddance

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