Coming Clean
Released On
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7" Vinyl Singles Box [2009] -
Billie Joe Armstrong
Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt, Tré Cool
Fantasy Studios
Rob Cavallo, Green Day
108
1993-09-03
2025-08-27
Staple (80-100%)
Regular (50-79%)
Sporadic (20-49%)
Rare (1-19%)
Inactive (0%)
Performance Probability
43%
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Song Notes
It was a song about questioning myself. There are these other feelings you may have about the same sex, the opposite sex, especially being in Berkeley and San Francisco then. People are acting out what they’re feeling: gay, bisexual, transgender, whatever. And that opens up something in society that becomes more acceptable.
Billie Joe Armstrong (Rolling Stone)
I think I’ve always been bisexual. I mean, it’s something that I’ve always been interested in. I think everybody kind of fantasizes about the same sex. I’ve never really had a relationship with another man. But it is something that comes up as a struggle in me. It especially came up when I was about 16 or 17. In high school people think you have to be so macho. People get attacked just because someone insinuates something about their sexuality. I think that’s gruesome.
Billie Joe Armstrong (The Advocate)
It was a song about questioning myself. There are these other feelings you may have about the same sex, the opposite sex, especially being in Berkeley and San Francisco then. People are acting out what they’re feeling: gay, bisexual, transgender, whatever. And that opens up something in society that becomes more acceptable.
Billie Joe Armstrong (Rolling Stone)
I think I’ve always been bisexual. I mean, it’s something that I’ve always been interested in. I think everybody kind of fantasizes about the same sex. I’ve never really had a relationship with another man. But it is something that comes up as a struggle in me. It especially came up when I was about 16 or 17. In high school people think you have to be so macho. People get attacked just because someone insinuates something about their sexuality. I think that’s gruesome.
Billie Joe Armstrong (The Advocate)
Lyrics
Seventeen, and strung out on confusion
Trapped inside a role of disillusion
I've found out what it takes to be a man
Well, Mom and Dad'll never understand
Secrets collecting dust, but never forget
Skeletons come to life in my closet
I've found out what it takes to be a man
Well, Mom and Dad'll never understand
What's happening to me
Seventeen, and coming clean for the first time
I finally figured out myself for the first time
I've found out what it takes to be a man
Well, Mom and Dad'll never understand
What's happening to me
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Coming Clean
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Peak: #47
Peak: #59
Week of May 22, 2026
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