Wherever you go
You know I'll be there
If you go far
You know I'll be there
I'll go anywhere
So I'll see you there
You place the name
You know I'll be there
You name the time
You know I'll be there
I'll go anywhere
So I'll see you there

I don't care if you don't mind
I'll be there not far behind
I will dare
Keep in mind
I'll be there for you

Where there's truth
You know I'll be there
Amongst the lies
You know I'll be there
I'll go anywhere
So I'll see you there

I don't care if you don't mind
I'll be there not far behind
I will dare
Keep in mind
I'll be there for you

If you should fall
You know I'll be there
To catch the call
You know I'll be there
I'll go anywhere
So I'll see you there

I don't care if you don't mind
I'll be there not far behind
I will dare
Keep in mind
I don't care
I'll be there for you
I'll be there for you
I'll be there for you

Overall Meaning

In the lyrics of Green Day's song Poprocks and Coke, the singer expresses his unwavering devotion and loyalty to someone he cares about. He promises to be there for this person, wherever they may go and no matter what they may face. The lyrics imply that the person he cares about may be in a difficult situation, surrounded by lies, and in need of support. The singer is, however, ready to take any risk and will always be there for this person.

The lyrics are simple but they convey deep emotions of love and support, as well as courage and determination. The singer assures that he will be present in both the good and the bad times, ready to catch the call if his loved one falls. The lyrics' repetition of "I don't care if you don't mind, I'll be there not far behind, keep in mind, I'll be there for you" reinforces the singer's commitment and loyalty to the person he cares about.

Line by Line Meaning

Wherever you go
No matter where you go

You know I'll be there
I will always be there for you

If you go far
Even if you go far away

I'll go anywhere
I am willing to go anywhere to be with you

So I'll see you there
I will make sure to meet up with you wherever you are going

You place the name
You can choose the location

You name the time
You can choose the time

Where there's truth
In situations where honesty is present

Amongst the lies
Even in situations where dishonesty is present

If you should fall
If you fall or need help

To catch the call
I will be there to support you

I don't care if you don't mind
It doesn't matter if it's inconvenient, I still want to be there for you

I will dare
I am daring enough to help you even in tough situations

Keep in mind
Remember that I will always be there for you

I don't care
I don't mind making sacrifices to help you

I'll be there for you
I will always be there to support you

Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONG, FRANK E., III WRIGHT, FRANK EDWIN WRIGHT III, MICHAEL PRITCHARD, MIKE DIRNT, MIKE RYAN PRITCHARD, TRE COOL

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Most interesting comment from YouTube:

@tekuwheeler3548

1y↑3

Wherever you go, you know I'll be there
If you go far, you know I'll be there
I'll go anywhere, So I'll see you there
You place the name you know I'll be there
You name the time you know I'll be there
I'll go anywhere, So I'll see you there

I don't care if you don't mind
I'll be there not far behind
I will dare, keep in mind
I'll be there for you

Where there's the truth
You know I'll be there
Amongst the lies,
You know I'll be there
I'll go anywhere,
So I'll see you there

I don't care if you don't mind
I'll be there not far behind
I will dare, keep in mind
I'll be there for you
Alright

If you should fall, you know I'll be there
To catch the call, you know I'll be there
I'll go anywhere, So I'll see you there
I don't care if you don't mind
I'll be there not far behind
I will dare, keep in mind
And I don't care...
I'll be there for you!
I'll be there for you!
I'll be there for you!

All comments from YouTube:

@aletheminnow7952

5y↑91

I was having a very bad day and then I remembered this song, now I feel happier. ❤️

@franciscotosca8735

4y↑1

Cool :)

@mikepotrero3905

Samesies

@brookehorton-fu5nr

33w

Same!❤😅

@Amyers2502

7y↑159

This is such a cute song I'm in love

@loganrandall780

5y↑7

I always thought this song was about a stalker 😂

@johnbarker256

4y↑3

@@loganrandall780 it can be both

@griffinammirante1675

i am with the stalker thing

@saintessa

3y↑1

Personally it has always made me think of being there for loved ones.

@trying_theirbest

2y↑1

@@loganrandall780 its bout some guy in a one sided obsession, the dude loves her very much, but the girl doesnt want have anything to do with him. 'i dont care if you dont mind' and the background music getting stronger shows his offers of being there for her.. ye is kinda sad but happy in some ways. the relationship is like poprocks and coke, meaning it exploded.

@TheMusicfan189

2y↑14

So so incredibly under-rated. What a song.

@alicetrenenbaum289

5y↑64

idk why but I love mikes back up vocals on this, when he goes, "so I'll see you there!"

@cyberbeat11

4y↑9

Alice Trenenbaum he really knows where and how to put them. i like it alot aswell in many of their other songs.

@Skydog6301

4y↑3

I think it’s incredibly cute that Billie and Mike sing “I’ll see you there” together. It’s like they’re talking to each other

@caesarin0

4y↑3

@@Skydog6301 or they're both talking to Tre

@albertpaddocks3123

7y↑172

For god's sake, Billie is even saying "Y'know" in songs!

@goldilox7653

7y↑11

LOL noice man. Like the Pennywise pic too.

@00em17

This doesn’t make sense lol. Is “Y’know” some real “punk rock stuff” or something? Lol.

@jonatancoutinho9212

6y↑20

Forever one of my favorite songs from my favorite band. I really like the lyrics. Thanks Billie Joe

@BritneyGrills

7y↑29

Green day perfectly captures love.

@yepmcyeppington

6y↑1

*friendship

@hrinionuwut8637

4y↑1

@@yepmcyeppington both

@mike.94

@@yepmcyeppington true love is only based on love ,)

@InItForTheGameNotThe

7y↑104

This song is about childhood friends or bestfriend, Pop rocks and coke translates to the challenge that kids did back in the day. But thats just a hypothesis.

@georgegreen4954

6y↑9

its an inside joke between mike and bja

@mohammaddahman6194

Thanks for doing my homework for me :)

@johnbarker256

4y↑1

A song hypothesis...thanks for reading

@prouncecat7119

And that’s just a theory a game theory!!!

@rustyshackelford7553

3y↑16

I remember when this song came out my son was still at home, in school and he would call it the mom song cuz it reminded him of me.

@robval1308

9y↑35

Your videos are really High Def and I watch them all the time when I look for green day!👏👏

@CrodolookslikeFrody

7y↑29

Such a sweet song

@samwatts6383

11y↑22

Great song, amazing album. Thanks for uploading!

@vanessaarroyo6

29w↑3

This was my husbands and I walk out song when we got hitched 🖤 brings back memories🖤this band has a huge Part in our lives as preteens 🖤 we came back from summer vacation and had to go tell him about this band, and I went to his table as we had the same homeroom…and I gave him the lyric book and told him “hey Jebus, you need to listen to this band” as he was going through his backpack, he takes his binder out and he has that same lyric book and he smiles at me and says “I have” 🖤 ahh good times ❤️‍🔥

@straightmatcha3207

3y↑11

To the friends i loved and still love, because this song makes it all look sweet again

@luthpratama5622

45w↑3

22 YEARS AND STILL LOVE IT

@theslipperysnake3218

8y↑12

I love this song, thanks for uploading

@memeteam2692

2y↑3

they gave you a grace period to begin international superhits with this touch of power pop

@ethanloginov5947

Maria**

@clashclues370

2y↑3

This is such a happy little song :)

@Metalhead-nx8ui

9y↑131

I love this song.Billie Joe mostive wrote this song for Mike and tre

@loisdoughty1582

7y↑2

must have***

@dustwallace7111

7y↑29

It's definitely about cocaine

@NorwaysSuburbia

@dust wallace hahahahhahaahah

@Jack-sh6xr

@@loisdoughty1582 *Louis *Daughtry

@dark7angel456

47w

Prob for someone he liked alot more like. Id write a song like this for my doggy

@TrayXCooper

4y↑34

Why is this song called "Poprocks and Coke"
If it was any other band it would be called something like "I'll be there" or something like that.

But nope its Green Day and Poprocks and Coke is the most Green Day title I've ever heard lmao

@chasethepig3975

3y↑2

poprocks and coca cola explode

@thomasrowan4191

@@chasethepig3975 A powder keg waiting to happen.

@ryanboyle1530

I thought I read it was a personal joke between BJA and somebody, so only they will know the song was written for them

@jeriarijal7375

6y↑5

Best vocal of you, BJ!!!!

@cindy7733

24w↑1

Sounds weird but I want this song played at my funeral. :) love it!

@keons8766

6y↑35

Y' Know count: 8

@miestuff7

4y↑5

This song is simple....yet still catchy.

@burns83

3y↑3

The 90s...what a time

@SpaceTourist4

5y↑37

Actually... I thought it`s named Poprocks and Coke because these both things are fizzy and go well together when they get mixed... If you get along with your friend (or girlfriend), it means you were made for each other... just like poprocks and coke))

@poprocks3860

4y↑5

This songs about a girl that doesn't love the guy, but he continues to follow her, poprocks and coke aren't a good mix, they explode when put together

@scootermom1791

@@poprocks3860 I believe that's a myth that's been busted.

@conanrose1182

5y↑8

My school was playing this in marching band camp.

@conanrose1182

I'm in front ensemble.

@restuisaji6398

3y↑1

I'm addicted to this song

@kauanlopes9019

4y↑2

I love soo much this song

@greendayfan9910

5y↑2

I LOVE IT SO MUCH!!!

@khaotix64

5y↑38

This song is too good to be on an album full of b-sides

@caesarin0

4y↑21

dude, other than Maria, none of the songs are B-Sides, spare for the one, all of them were previously released singles

@tylerandrew231

3y↑3

The whole album was great

@prouncecat7119

3y↑1

At least it will BE THERE!!!!

@ashtrayluke2531

2y↑2

@@caesarin0 think he was mistaking this for shenanigans or something

@valentinoblanc9339

4y↑1

I love this song

@saintessa

3y↑1

Reminds me of my love for and being there for loved ones.

@tekuwheeler3548

1y↑3

@mayf122

6y↑8

Lol so I think that by Poprocks and Coke, he just means that they're trouble when they get together. I hope everyone here finds someone to make trouble with. <3

@marycarmenhoyuelos584

10y↑7

fantastica cancion.

@ekonowombilonxs6836

5y↑1

Hi... 😊

@individualvoices.3904

7y↑50

a better song by later era Green Day.

@neoscastillo6225

5y↑7

This came out in 2001. 2001 is not late era Green Day💀😭😂😂

@1234mandown

Neos Castillo i was thinking the same shit

@williamseyfried6574

Middle era now but your right as far as life before internet goes

@FilmcreatorsSuperPlushMario

Middle era Green Day is my favorite era

@sillyboy2009

This song was from the end of the good era of Green Day.

@allanmortansson8578

My head will be killed by this rock 'n roll music and do not turn me of this album cover

@Rubs050911

4y↑3

Yo se la dedico a mi hijo :)

@timmeh1689

5y↑1

Underrated!!

@sotoxic_dudexd8178

5y↑2

This is amazing considering its one of there first albums

@Tom-vt3ts

4y↑5

So TOXIC_DUDE XD one of their first albums? The fuck you talking about?

@macleanlewis

23w

Can’t tell if trolling or serious.

@snakebreeze7701

When I was in high school I dedicated this as me and my cats song

@drallagonzales8932

3y↑1

When i hear this song, it takes me back to my 17th year where i got a fight with my father at my school because i told him thru text im going to visit a far place. And he was so mad that he stormed in my school but i hid at girl's cr and listened to this very song to calm down and wait for my father to go back home.

@mummylou1

6y↑3

Another song that makes me smile and think of God... I think there's a biblical saying about even if I go to sheoul (hell, I may have mis-spelt that!), there you are... I don't interpret that as a threat...my interpretation...well God isn't some separate entity, however, imagining some sort of separation...the love, Divine, deep, mmmm, love...honey, even if you put yourself into hell in your own mind, there I am...I love you so much that I'll even go to hell with you. 😊

@elmoblatch9787

6y↑2

All gods are fictional.

@greendayfan9910

@@elmoblatch9787 agreed they aren't real

@Oberbazillus

51w↑1

This Song should be playing at my Funeral

@owen-cp9bu

7y↑32

International Superhits....hmm....112'000 views....are you sure about that?

Just Kidding I love GD

@nabiliskandar5008

5y↑3

it's like a bonus track they include in a compilation album full of their songs that are ranging from 50-150M views

@SamHotHam24

4y↑1

I'm still listening in 2019, that's says something.

@mattd.717

Last song of the summer :(

@justusrhines9031

For you my sweet girl. I'm always here for you

@SmashSSL

wholesome

@TitanicGaming32

7y↑5

Kind of reminds me of Waiting.

@dervishdoilus

7y↑3

Titanic Gaming This song was in the same album as Waiting

@leafung8445

7y↑9

This song was never on any of their albums besides International Superhits. It absolutely never appeared on the Warning album, which Waiting IS on.

Maria, Poprocks and Coke, and JAR only appear on International Superhits.

@TitanicGaming32

7y↑2

There is a CD called "Waiting", he may have been talking about that.

@leafung8445

7y↑2

That's not any of their full length albums though.

@dervishdoilus

7y↑1

Lea Fung Thanks for correcting me. For some reason I remember this being on waiting.

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@MrDomb

Cheers from 2022! Stay safe people!

@noxwill0000

Melody reminds me here comes the sun. But this is better

@kaylareyes5875

2019

@marcanhuss3115

7y↑8

Sounds like foxboro hot tubs

@Anonymous-uv4xf

7y↑5

I'm not sure if you were just being a smartass, but if you weren't, that's because Billie, Mike, and Tre are part of Foxboro Hot Tubs

@bsamaniac305

5y↑3

@@Anonymous-uv4xf
r/whoosh ?????

@artemis5903

More like The Network?

@emfraridades7261

Who remember that Gambit & Rogue video?

@pickles3113

2y↑1

I don’t care if you don’t mind I’ll be there not far behind

@pugsareawsome5202

7y↑4

2:09 to 2:23 is me talking to my boyfriend about our relationship

@ctmrvids2169

Why isn’t this song on Warning: ?

@greendayfan9910

5y↑2

Me and my bestfriend are 12 and this song reminds me of me and her we both love green day it's my fav band her fav band is blink 182 I love blink 182 but I prefer green day by far

@catherinelefevre4711

5y↑2

that's adorable.

@poprocks3860

Ok bud

@TheMostAwesomeMan2424

“Poprocks”? I wonder if their talking about the candy.

@leafygreenz

7y↑1

zalfie brought me here

@scootermom1791

I don't understand how this is supposed to be about Pop Rocks and Coke. Neither are mentioned in the lyrics. If I'd heard this on a radio, I'd never make the connection.

Instead, it reminds me of the song sung by Olivia Newton John called "Let Me Be There." The lyrics and message are very similar. However, I think the Olivia Newton John's song is much, much better. No offense. Just saying.....