Time Bomb (Rancid song)

"Time Bomb"
Single by Rancid
from the album ...And Out Come the Wolves
Released	November 1, 1995
Format	CD
Recorded	February-May 1995
Genre	Ska punk
Length	2:24
Label	Epitaph
Writer(s)	Tim Armstrong / Lars Frederiksen / Matt Freeman
Producer	Jerry Finn, Rancid
Rancid singles chronology
"Roots Radicals" (1995) "Time Bomb" (1995) "Ruby Soho" (1995)

"Time Bomb" is a song by the American punk rock band Rancid. It was released as the second single from its third album, ...And Out Come the Wolves. The song reached number 8 on Billboard Modern Rock Tracks, marking the highest initial charting single in Rancid's career.

"Time Bomb" is a ska punk song, similar to the sound of Operation Ivy, in which Tim Armstrong and Matt Freeman used to play before Rancid. The lyrics for the first verse of the song were sampled from an earlier song, "Motorcycle Ride", which appeared on the band's previous album, Let's Go.

"Time Bomb" features an organ solo from Vic Ruggiero of The Slackers.

The music video for the song was directed by Marcus Raboy.

Track listing

1. "Time Bomb" - 2:24
2. "The Wars End" - 1:53
3. "Blast 'Em" - 2:29

In popular culture

• Time Bomb was featured in the 2000 Gilmore Girls episode Cinnamon's Wake. Lane's band also performed a cover of "Time Bomb" in the Season 4 Gilmore Girls episode Afterboom.
• It was also used in the 2005 movie Fun with Dick and Jane.
• Along with "Ruby Soho" and "Last One to Die", "Time Bomb" were released in the Rancid 01 track pack on July 21, 2009 for Rock Band 2.
• UFC fighter Antonio Banuelos uses the song as he makes his entrance to the Octagon.