Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong seems to be having fun with his quarantine-era series of covers, which he’s dubbed “No Fun Mondays.” This week, his cover is Kin Wilde’s 1981 single (and eventual MTV hit) “Kids In America”; the song was later covered by the Muffs in 1995 for the Clueless soundtrack.
The video is something of a lyric video, as we watch the lyrics being written in green magic marker. We also see a bass playing unicorn, who resembles Green Day’s Mike Dirnt. As we learn at the end of the video, it’s Dirnt’s birthday today (May 4). Watch the video below, and watch Kim Wilde’s original version beneath that.
Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day – Kids in America (No Fun Mondays Cover)
This week’s No Fun Mondays is dedicated to the one, the only, Mike Dirnt. Happy birthday! Play this one loud just for him: We’re The Kids In America, origina…
Kim Wilde – Kids In America (Official Music Video)
Looking out a dirty old window Down below the cars in the City go rushing by I sit here alone And I wonder why Friday night and everyones moving I can feel t…