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{{Infobox album
| name       = Slappy
| type       = EP
| artist     = [[Green Day]]
| cover      = Green Day - Slappy cover.jpg
| border     = yes
| alt        =
| released   = 1990
| recorded   = {{Start date|1990|4|20}}
| venue      =
| studio     = Art of Ears ([[San Francisco]])
| genre      = [[Punk rock]]<ref name="D'Angelo">{{cite web |last1=D'Angelo |first1=Peter |title=Green Day -''Slappy'' |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/slappy-mw0000725439 |website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=May 28, 2022 |archive-date=May 28, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220528195230/https://www.allmusic.com/album/slappy-mw0000725439 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="amg"/>
| length     = 10:07
| label      = [[Lookout! Records|Lookout!]]
| producer   = {{flatlist|
* [[Andy Ernst]]
* Green Day
}}
| chronology = [[Green Day]]
| prev_title = [[39/Smooth]]
| prev_year  = 1990
| next_title = [[Sweet Children (EP)|Sweet Children]]
| next_year  = 1990
}}
{{Music ratings
|rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
|rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref name="amg">{{cite web|last=D'Angelo|first=Peter J|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/slappy-mw0000725439|title=Green Day – Slappy Album Review|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=February 15, 2024|archive-date=December 15, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231215202106/https://www.allmusic.com/album/slappy-mw0000725439|url-status=live}}</ref>
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'''''Slappy''''' is the second EP by American [[Rock music|rock]] band [[Green Day]]. It was released in 1990 through [[Lookout! Records]]. Upon its release, several different colors of vinyl were available in limited quantities. Frontman and guitarist [[Billie Joe Armstrong]] cited the extended play as the one on which Green Day began to find its sound. The dog on the cover was known as Mickey. "Slappy" was a nickname given to him by bassist [[Mike Dirnt]]'s friend Jason Relva (the subject of Green Day's later song [[J.A.R.]]). The EP includes one cover, "[[Knowledge (song)|Knowledge]]", which was originally by influential California punk band [[Operation Ivy (band)|Operation Ivy]]. All four tracks were later included on the compilation album ''[[1,039/Smoothed Out Slappy Hours]]'' in 1991.

==Liner notes==
Recorded in a few hours on April 20, 1990, at Art of Ears Studio with Andro Engineering and mixed April 23 in a few more hours. Produced by Andro and Green Day. Mastered by John Golden at K-Disc, Hollywood. Front cover photo by [[John Kiffmeyer|Al Sobrante]], back Sean Hughes Layout and "Green Day Bitz" by Aaron Cometbus. Green Day's ''[[39/Smooth]]'' L.P. and ''[[1,000 Hours]]'' E.P. were also available on Lookout.

==Album information==
"Paper Lanterns" was a popular Green Day song and a live staple for many years and was brought back for the 2010 leg of the [[21st Century Breakdown World Tour]]. "Why Do You Want Him?" was the first song Armstrong wrote,<ref name="1,039/Smoothed Out Slappy Hours liner notes">Green Day Bits, ''1,039/Smoothed Out Slappy Hours'' liner notes. Retrieved 2011-07-30</ref><ref name="MTV News Raw">[[MTV]] News Raw interview October 16, 1995. Retrieved 2011-07-30</ref> back when he was fourteen.<ref name="1,039/Smoothed Out Slappy Hours liner notes"/><ref name="MTV News Raw"/> He expressed in a 2010 interview that contrary to the common belief, the song is not about his stepfather.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4X3IQCM4xM&feature=feedu  |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/J4X3IQCM4xM| archive-date=2021-12-12 |url-status=live|title=Green Day - Billie Joe and Mike Mayer Interview |publisher=YouTube |date=2011-07-06 |access-date=2012-03-09}}{{cbignore}}</ref> The title "409 in Your Coffeemaker" is taken from a prank Armstrong pulled on his teacher. The prank was that he put some Clorox cleaner in his teacher’s coffeemaker, and it was known as Formula 409, hence the name of the song. It was later re-recorded during the ''[[Dookie (album)|Dookie]]'' (1994) sessions, and was released as a B-side on the "[[Basket Case (song)|Basket Case]]" CD single in the [[United Kingdom]]. "Knowledge" was originally performed by [[Operation Ivy (band)|Operation Ivy]] for their 1989 album [[Energy (Operation Ivy album)|Energy]]. Green Day still performs the song live, often inviting fans onstage to play the band members' instruments for them during the performance of the song.

All four tracks from ''Slappy'' were included on the compilation album ''[[1,039/Smoothed Out Slappy Hours]]'' in 1991. ''Slappy'' remained in print until August 2005, when Green Day removed its catalog from Lookout! Records.

Since March 24, 2009, ''Slappy'' (along with ''[[1,000 Hours]]'') has been back in print as a bonus to the vinyl reissue of the ''[[39/Smooth]]'' (1990) album. However, a possible error may have been made as ''Slappy''{{'s}} artwork is now tinted pink instead of dark red.

==Track listing==
{{track listing
| headline = Side one
| all_lyrics   = [[Billie Joe Armstrong]] except where noted
| all_music    = [[Green Day]], except where noted
| title1   = Paper Lanterns
| length1  = 2:23
| title2   = Why Do You Want Him?
| length2  = 2:31
}}

{{track listing
| headline = Side two
| title1   = 409 in Your Coffeemaker
| length1  = 2:54
| title2   = [[Knowledge (song)|Knowledge]]
| note2    = lyrics written by [[Jesse Michaels]]; music composed by Operation Ivy; originally performed by [[Operation Ivy (band)|Operation Ivy]]
| length2  = 2:19
| total_length = 10:07
}}

==Personnel==
* [[Billie Joe Armstrong]] – [[Lead vocalist|lead vocals]], [[guitar]]
* [[Mike Dirnt]] – [[Bass guitar|bass]], [[Backing vocalist|backing vocals]]
* [[John Kiffmeyer]] – [[Drum kit|drums]]
* [[Aaron Cometbus]] – backing vocals, "teeth" on "Knowledge"<ref name="1,039/Smoothed Out Slappy Hours liner notes"/>

==References==
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[[Category:1990 EPs]]
[[Category:Green Day EPs]]
[[Category:Lookout! Records EPs]]
[[Category:Reprise Records EPs]]
[[Category:Albums produced by Andy Ernst]]