Josie (Everything's Gonna Be Fine)

Infobox Single
Name = Josie


Artist = Blink-182
from Album = Dude Ranch
Released = November 17, 1998
Format = CD, VHS
Recorded = 1997
Genre = Punk rock, skate punk
Length = 3:19
3:05 (Greatest Hits version)

Label = MCA
Producer = Mark Trombino
Chart position =
Last single = "Dick Lips"
(1998)
This single = "Josie"
(1998)
Next single = "What's My Age Again?"
(1999)

"Josie" is a song by the pop-punk band, Blink-182 from their second album "Dude Ranch". Mark Hoppus, who plays the bass guitar and sings, wrote this song about how a perfect girlfriend would be for him. This girlfriend is make-believe rather than an actual person. The character portrayed on the song, a woman named Josie, is recalled on the song "Online Songs" from their 2001 album "Take off Your Pants and Jacket".

Track listing

CD

#"Josie"
#"Wasting Time"
#"Carousel"
#"I Won't Be Home For Christmas"

VHS

#"Josie" (Music video)
#"Dammit" (Music video)

Music video

*Directed by: Darren Doane and Ken Daurio
*Year released: late 1997/early 1998
*Song is featured on the MCA Records release "Dude Ranch"

Two versions of this video were produced. The first featured the band playing in a basement that was quickly flooding with water. As band members Mark, Tom, and Scott were unhappy with the way the video turned out, it has never been released.

The second, released, video involves Mark, back at high school, desperately trying to tell a girl (played by Alyssa Milano) that he loves her. Things don’t go his way, and he screws up by telling a fat kid that he loves him instead by throwing a paper plane note. In the end Mark gets her attention and gets a ride with the fat guy (played by Jeremy Gunther).

At one stage in the video, a poster saying “Grand Moff Tarkin 4 Prez” appears at 0:54, although the name cannot be seen. This is a reference to a character in the popular "Star Wars" series. It appears as a result of an obsession with "Star Wars" shared by Mark and a member of the film crew.

Trivia

* The bands referred to in the song by initials ("and my girlfriend, likes UL and DHC.") are Unwritten Law and the Dance Hall Crashers, and features background vocals by Unwritten Law's lead singer, Scott Russo.

* The song makes reference to Sombrero, a Mexican fast food chain in San Diego County.(and one of Mark and Tom's favorite places to eat) [http://www.sombreromex.com/]

* The campus and sports teams of Westlake High School in Westlake Village, California were featured in the video.

* In the video, when Mark is dressing for the track tryouts, he is wearing a pair of high socks, but when the race starts, he is using a high sock on the left foot and a normal sock on the right foot.

* The woman that makes Mark kiss her is director Darren Doane's mother.

* The song (and fictional woman) was named after a friend's dog, Josie.

* This was the last released single with Scott Raynor as drummer.

External Links

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YN6XWOisXCo Watch "Josie" on Youtube]