• According to Billie Joe Armstrong 'It’s a rallying song. It’s about liberating yourself from a lot of bullshit that you see on TV.'
• The single was released on April 16, 2009, was written by members of Green Day, and produced by Butch Vig
• The music video was directed by Motion Theory's Mathew Cullen and premiered on MTV on April 24, 2009. In the video the band performs at night in a field surrounded by a barbed wire fence.