Kill The DJ

The Kill the DJ Songfacts says: The second single from Green Day's ¡Uno! album finds Billie Joe Armstrong proclaiming threateningly: "Someone kill the DJ, shoot the fucking DJ." Before you dial 911 and accuse the Californian trio of advocating the murder of record spinners, consider that the lyrics are not as they seem. "'Kill the DJ' is not about, you know, killing a DJ," Armstrong laughed to MTV News. "It's not literal. It's more of a metaphor for information overload." The song premiered on August 13, 2012 during Zane Lowe's BBC Radio 1 show.

[Intro] Wow! Ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh [Verse 1] Walking after dark In the New York City park Your thoughts are so unholy in the holiest of holes Onward Christian soldiers filled with jive and mind-control [Pre-Chorus] The blood left on the dance floor, running, running red The bullet that you asked for killing you to death unless you— [Chorus] Someone kill the DJ (Shoot the fucking DJ) Someone kill the DJ (Shoot the fucking DJ) Someone kill the DJ (Shoot the fucking DJ) Voices in my head are saying, "Shoot that fucker down!" [Post-Chorus] We are the vultures, the dirtiest kind The culture wars in your heart and your mind Ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh [Verse 2] Walking after dark In the New York City park Ooh, I'll pick up what's left in the club, a pocket full of pills Sodom and Gomorrah in the century of thrills [Pre-Chorus] The blood left on the dance floor, running, running red The bullet that you asked for killing you to death unless you— [Chorus] Someone kill the DJ (Shoot the fucking DJ) Someone kill the DJ (Shoot the fucking DJ) Someone kill the DJ (Shoot the fucking DJ) Hold him underwater 'til that motherfucker drowns [Post-Chorus] We are the vultures, the dirtiest kind The culture wars in your heart and your mind Ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh Someone's gonna get you, boy Shoot that fucker down! [Instrumental Break] [Bridge] Someone kill the DJ (Shoot the fucking DJ) Someone kill the DJ (Shoot the fucking DJ) (Walking after dark) Someone kill the DJ (Shoot the fucking DJ) (Walking after dark) Someone kill the DJ (Shoot the fucking DJ) (Walking after dark) Someone kill the DJ Shoot that fucker down, wow! [Chorus] Someone kill the DJ (Shoot the fucking DJ) Someone kill the DJ (Shoot the fucking DJ) Someone kill the DJ (Shoot the fucking DJ) Voices in my head are saying, "Shoot that fucker down!"