This guide features a collection of Green Day’s digital, charity, soundtrack and other assorted songs that don’t have a discography page on the site. Check out our singles page for a comprehensive listing of all the singles released by the band.
Digital Singles
Rock And Roll All Nite (live)
NOTES: The band played their cover of this KISS classic at each of the summer’s Hella Mega dates and released this stand-alone single at the end of the tour.
POLLYANNA
NOTES: This single was a surprise release in celebration of the upcoming Hella Mega tour that had been delayed from the previous summer due to the COVID pandemic. The song would peak at #27 on the Billboard rock chart and #28 on the alternative chart.
HERE COMES THE SHOCK
NOTES: Song made its debut on an NHL broadcast during a period when the band had struck up a partnership with the league. The song was most likely a leftover from the Father Of All sessions.
DREAMING
NOTES: After the band were forced to postpone their upcoming summer tour due to the COVID pandemic they released this cover of the Blondie classic which features lyrics dreaming of better days ahead.
Xmas Time Of The Year
NOTES: First released as a just a YouTube video on December 24th 2015, the band re-released the song in 2019 as a digital single with artwork featuring “Horny” from the Father Of All album cover.
Fell For You (OTIS mix)
NOTES: Four years after the last trilogy single was released, Green Day dropped this new alternative mix digital single of the ¡UNO! track created at their home studio OTIS.
Letterbomb (live)
NOTES: Initially released as a bonus track on the Awesome As Fuck live album, Green Day would drop this performance of Letterbomb, recorded in Chula Vista in 2010, as a stand-alone digital single.
21 Guns (live)
NOTES: Green Day’s live performance of 21 Guns at the Grammy awards was backed by the cast of the American Idiot Broadway show. The performance was released as a digital single.
Shoplifter
NOTES: Originally appearing as a b-side to the ‘American Idiot’ single, ‘Shoplifter’ would later be re-released on iTunes as digital single in 2006.
Wake Me Up When September Ends (live)
NOTES: Promo digital single of Green Day performing Wake Me Up When September Ends live at Gillette Stadium on Sept 3/05.
I Fought The Law
NOTES: Green Day’s cover of The Crickets classic ‘I Fought The Law’ was released as a digital single.
Standalone & Charity Singles
Don’t Want To Know If You Are Lonely
RECORD STORE DAY
NOTES: Previously released as a b-side to the Warning single, Green Day’s Hüsker Dü cover would be re-released for Record Store Day with the original version on the flip side.
Working Class Hero
INSTANT KARMA
NOTES: Green Day would earn a Grammy nomination for Best Rock Performance for their cover of John Lennon’s Working Class Hero. The song would hit #53 on the Billboard Hot 100, #10 on the alternative chart and #18 on the rock chart.
The Saints Are Coming
MUSIC RISING
NOTES: Green Day would team up with U2 for this Skids cover to raise money to help those affected by Hurricane Katrina. The single would hit #51 on the Billboard Hot 100, #22 on the alternative chart and #33 on the rock chart.
Soundtrack Singles
Holy Toledo!
MARK, MARY & SOME OTHER PEOPLE
NOTES: Fall Out Boy’s Patrick Stump scored this summer film so it’s no surprise he enlisted his Hella Mega tour mates to supply a song for the movie.
The Forgotten
THE TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN – PART TWO
NOTES: Recorded for the ¡Tre! album, ‘The Forgotten’ first premiered in the Twilight movie closing credits and had a movie themed music video as the lead single from the soundtrack album. Despite the popularity of the franchise at the time, the single failed to chart.
The Simpsons Theme
THE SIMPSONS MOVIE
NOTES: Green Day’s performance of The Simpsons Theme was released as a digital single to promote The Simpsons Movie where the band also appeared as cartoon versions of themselves.
J.A.R.
ANGUS
NOTES: This Mike Dirnt penned song is a fan favourite but couldn’t crack the Insomniac tracklist. Green Day fired their management when J.A.R. was leaked to radio stations J.A.R. was released as a single after its inclusion on the Angus movie soundtrack and would hit #1 on the Billboard alternative chart and #17 on the rock chart. The song would later be released on Green Day’s International Superhits! compilation.