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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.

Theme and composition

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, "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''.

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.”

Credits and Personnel

*Songwriting: Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt, Tré Cool *Production: Rob Cavallo, Green Day

Critical reception

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'' named "X-Kid" as the best song on ''¡Tre!'', above "Brutal Love" and "Missing You".

Chart positions

References

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